flourishing

/ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ//ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To thrive or grow well.

    The barley flourished in the warm weather.
  2. 2

    To prosper or fare well.

    The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.
  3. 3

    To be in a period of greatest influence.

    His writing flourished before the war.
  4. 4

    To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

  5. 5

    To make bold, sweeping movements with.

    They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.
  6. 6

    To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

  7. 7

    To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.

  8. 8

    To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

  9. 9

    To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

  10. 10

    To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

  11. 11

    To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

noun

  1. 1

    The action of the verb flourish; flowering.

adjective

  1. 1

    Growing, thriving, doing well

    a flourishing economy

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