FLOURISH

[`flʌrɪʃ]

цветение плодового дерева; дерево в цвету

расцвет, высшая точка развития, «самый сок»

завитушка, росчерк

литературное украшение, цветистое выражение

фанфары, звук труб

показные движения

салют

цвести, расцветать; пышно расти, разрастаться; давать побеги, ветвиться

процветать, преуспевать, быть в расцвете (сил), быть на вершине

делать росчерк пером, выписывать букву с завитушками

цветисто выражаться

размахивать оружием в знак триумфа, победы, потрясать оружием, салютовать

хвастаться, рисоваться; выпендриваться

1. размахивание, помахивание

2. росчерк (пера), завитушка

3. 1) напыщенный, претенциозный жест

2) эффектная демонстрация (чего-л.); пышность, шумиха

4. цветистое, напыщенное выражение

5. муз. туш, фанфары

6.редк. цветение, процветание

1. 1) пышно расти

2) процветать, преуспевать

3) быть в периоде расцвета; жить и работать (об исторических лицах)

2. размахивать, помахивать

3. выставлять напоказ, хвастать

4. делать завитушки, росчерки (пером)

5. украшать (цветами, фигурами и т. п.)

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it's one thing to flourish and another to fight - ≅ одно дело - храбрость на словах, другое - на деле

flourish: translation

acciaccatura, adjunct, adorn, adornment, advertise, affect, air, amplify, appoggiatura, arabesque, arrangement, arrive, asiaticism, augment, batten, be energetic, be somebody, be something, be vigorous, bear fruit, beauties, betoken, blazon, blazon forth, bloom, blossom, blow, bluster, boast, bonus, boom, brag, brandish, brandishing, bravura, breathe, brew, brilliancy, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to maturity, bring to notice, bud, burgeon, burst forth, burst with energy, burst with health, cadence, cadenza, color, color patterns, coloratura, colors, colors of rhetoric, come to fruition, convolute, curlicue, cut a dash, cut a figure, dangle, daring, dash, decor, decorate, decoration, demonstrate, demonstration, develop, device, disclose, display, division, divulge, do well, dramatics, dramatize, draw the longbow, eclat, elaborate, elaboration, elegant variation, embellish, embellishment, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry, embody, embroider, embroidery, enact, enjoy good health, enrich, etalage, euphuism, evidence, evince, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, expand, expose to view, express, extempore, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, false front, fanfare, fanfaronade, fare well, fatten, feel fine, feel good, festoon, figurative language, figurativeness, figure, figure of speech, filigree, filling, fillip, fine writing, fioritura, flair, flap, flash, flaunt, flaunting, flight, float, floridity, floridness, flourishing, flower, flower arrangement, floweriness, flowers of speech, flowery style, flutter, fly, frill, fructify, furbelow, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, gasconade, gather, gemmate, germinate, gesturing, get ahead, gild, give sign, give token, gleam, glitter, glow, go, go great guns, grace, grace note, grow, grow fat, grow rank, grow up, have energy, highlight, histrionics, hold up, hot lick, hypertrophy, illuminate, illumination, image, imagery, impromptu, improvisation, in full swing, incarnate, incidental, incidental note, increase, indicate, interpolation, involve, keep fit, lagniappe, leaf, leaf out, leave, lick, live, load with ornament, long mordent, lushness, luxuriance, luxuriate, make a figure, make a splash, make clear, make good, make out, make plain, manifest, manifestation, manner of speaking, materialize, maturate, mature, mean, mellow, mordent, multiply, mushroom, never feel better, nonliterality, nonliteralness, ornament, ornamentation, outgrow, overcharge, overdevelop, overflow with energy, overgrow, overlay, overload, overrun, overtop, padding, pageant, pageantry, parade, passage, perform, pralltriller, premium, present, procreate, produce, prosper, puff, pullulate, purple passage, purple patches, put forth, put forth leaves, put forward, put out buds, reach its season, reach maturity, represent, reproduce, reveal, riff, riot, ripe, ripen, roll out, root, roulade, run, score, set forth, shake, shaking, sham, shine, shoot, shoot up, show, show forth, showiness, showing-off, single mordent, something extra, speak for Buncombe, spectacle, splash, splurge, sport, spotlight, spring up, sprout, sprout up, staginess, stay in shape, stay young, strike root, stuffing, succeed, superaddition, swagger, swing, swish, take root, theatrics, thrive, token, tower, trick out, trim, trimming, trope, trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, turn, turn of expression, twirl, twist, undulate, undulation, unfold, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vamp, vapor, varnish, vaunt, vegetate, wag, wave, wave motion, waving, wax, way of speaking, wear well, wield, wigwag, window dressing, wrinkle

flourish: translation

▪ final

▪ dramatic, rhetorical, theatrical

▪

a speech full of rhetorical flourishes

▪ add

▪ end in, end with, finish with

▪ with a flourish

▪

With a final flourish she laid down her pen.

▪

Bill signed on the bottom line with a flourish.

Flourish is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑business, ↑city, ↑civilization, ↑economy, ↑plant, ↑relationship, ↑town, ↑trade