English-Danish translations for flourish

  • florereDen utopiske socialisme florerer stadig i Kina. Utopian socialism continues to flourish there. Handelen med børn og kvinder florerer. The trafficking of children and women is flourishing. Hvis man lader piraterne florere, mindskes vederlaget. If you allow the pirates to flourish that revenue will be diminished.
  • trivesVi ønsker, at den vokser og trives. We want it to grow and flourish. Frie demokratier kan ikke trives uden pressefrihed. Free democracies cannot flourish without press freedom. De sørger simpelthen for at skabe de rette betingelser for, at beskæftigelsen kan trives. They simply make the conditions right for employment to flourish.

Definition of flourish

  • To thrive or grow well
  • To prosper or fare well
  • To be in a period of greatest influence
  • To develop; to make thrive; to expand
  • To make bold, sweeping movements with
  • To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion
  • To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions
  • To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures
  • To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude
  • To boast; to vaunt; to brag
  • A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag
  • An ornamentation
  • A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare
  • A decorative embellishment on a building

Examples

  • The barley flourished in the warm weather
  • The town flourished with the coming of the railway
  • The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business
  • His writing flourished before the war
  • They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace
  • With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
  • His signature ended with a flourish.
  • The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.

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