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flourish [n]
 
1)a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: gesture 
 
2)an ornamental embellishment in writing
    Synonyms :
    See Also: embellishment  paraph 
 
3)a display of ornamental speech or language
    Synonyms :
    See Also: grandiloquence 
 
4)the act of waving
    Synonyms :brandish 
    See Also: wafture  brandish 
 
5)(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
    Synonyms :fanfare tucket 
    See Also: air  music 
 
flourish [v]
 
1)grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
    Synonyms :boom expand get_ahead prosper thrive 
    See Also: grow  boom  revive  luxuriate 
 
2)gain in wealth
    Synonyms :fly_high prosper thrive 
    See Also: change_state 
 
3)move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
    Synonyms :brandish wave 
    See Also: hold  displace  waver  brandish  wigwag 
 



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