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# flourish

«flourish» in Mova's school dictionary: **to grow well and be healthy and strong, like plants in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (flourish, flourishes, flourished, flourishing); noun (a flourish, flourishes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To flourish is to grow well and be healthy and strong, like plants in good soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#m1)

2) To flourish is to do very well and be successful, like a business or a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#m2)

3) To flourish something is to wave it around to show it off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#m3)

4) A flourish is a fancy curl in handwriting, or a showy movement or bit of music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Science (plants flourish with light and water), history (civilizations flourished), and wellbeing (children flourish with care). In stories, with a flourish = showily. Phrases: with a flourish, flourish in, flourishing business.

### examples

- The sunflowers flourished in the sunny corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x1)
- Ancient Egypt flourished along the Nile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x2)
- She has flourished at her new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x3)
- The magician bowed with a flourish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x4)
- He signed his name with a flourish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x5)
- The knight flourished his sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x6)
- Small shops flourish when people buy locally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x7)
- Ya-hip! ya-hip!' And he flourished his broom in triumph." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/#x8)

### note

Spelling: flour-ish (not «flurish»). Say «FLUR-ish». Similar: thrive. Not related to flour for baking.

### In the corpora

- [Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.142/)
- [In his days let the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1203/)
- [In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1623/)
- [The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1666/)
- [Planted in the house of the LORD, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1667/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flourish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flourish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.