flourish

/ˈflʌ.ɹɪʃ/

noun

1
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
“With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.”
2
An ornamentation.
“His signature ended with a flourish.”
3
A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
“The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.”
4
A decorative embellishment on a building.

1
To thrive or grow well.
“The barley flourished in the warm weather.”
2
To prosper or fare well.
“The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.”
3
To be in a period of greatest influence.
“His writing flourished before the war.”
4
To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
5
To make bold, sweeping movements with.
“They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.”
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
To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
8
To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
9
To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
10
To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
11
To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

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