acciaccatura, brandishing, decoration, exhibition, floridity, grow, lushness, overtop, run, take root, way of speaking
Definitionn. a showy gesture
Last update: July 2, 2016
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He does everything with a flourish. [verb]
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He flourished his pen at the audience to draw their attention on specific points. [verb]
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His health is flourishing in this climate. [verb]
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His shop is flourishing in this neighbourhood. [verb]
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Species Roses can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, as they flourish in temperate climates. [verb]
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For creativity to flourish, it needs to be built into the whole-school ethos. [verb]
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"Before my breath, like, blazing flax, Man and his marvels pass away; And changing empires wane and wax, Are founded, flourish and decay." [verb]
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The Abbey had flourished in the lifetime of Sir Thomas More, and was mentioned in some of his familiar epistles. [verb]
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Go, Major Heyward, and give them a flourish of the music; and send out a messenger to let them know who is coming. [verb]
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These too, wasted and decayed, seemed rather to exist than to flourish, and only served to indicate what the landscape had once been. [verb]
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"Not so, Major," said Grahame; "let the living officers bear the blame, if there be any; and let the laurels flourish untarnished on the grave of the fallen." [verb]
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When they were all seated, a flourish of trumpets announced that the king was near. [verb]
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