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flourish

/ flourish /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
"he entered to a flourish of trumpets"
"her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
Type of:
tune melody air
Domain:
music
noun Sense 2
the act of waving
Type of:
wave waving wafture
Derived:
brandish wave
noun Sense 3
a display of ornamental speech or language
Type of:
grandiosity magniloquence grandiloquence
noun Sense 4
a showy gesture
"she entered with a great flourish"
Type of:
gesture motion
noun Sense 5
an ornamental embellishment in writing
Type of:
embellishment
Kinds of:
paraph
verb Sense 6
move or swing back and forth
"She waved her gun"
Type of:
move displace
Kinds of:
wigwag
Derived:
waver brandish
Entails:
hold take hold
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
gain in wealth
Type of:
change state turn
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 8
grow stronger
"The economy was booming"
Type of:
grow
Kinds of:
revive luxuriate
Derived:
boom
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Semantic Complexity
68%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

tune melody air wave waving wafture grandiosity magniloquence grandiloquence gesture motion embellishment