Définitions
1.VerbTo thrive or grow well."The barley flourished in the warm weather."
2.VerbTo prosper or fare well."The town flourished with the coming of the railway.; The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."
3.VerbTo be in a period of greatest influence."His writing flourished before the war."
4.VerbTo develop; to make thrive; to expand.
5.VerbTo make bold, sweeping movements with."They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.; The squirrel flourished its fluffy tail about as an alarm signal after its narrow escape from the cat."
6.VerbTo make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
7.VerbTo use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
8.VerbTo make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
9.VerbTo adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
10.VerbTo execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
11.VerbTo boast; to vaunt; to brag.
12.VerbTo brandish (a weapon).
13.VerbTo be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit."John Smith (flourished 1425-1432) was..."
14.NounA dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag."With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue."
15.NounAn ornamentation."His signature ended with a flourish."
16.NounA ceremonious passage such as a fanfare."The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church."
17.NounA decorative embellishment on a building.