English-Finnish translations for flourish

  • koristeJoulukuusi viimeistellään koristeilla.
  • kukoistaaNäiden toiminta saa nyt kukoistaa vapaasti. They are now free to flourish. Utopistinen sosialismi kukoistaa maassa edelleen. Utopian socialism continues to flourish there. Vain näin Kosovo voi kukoistaa. This is the only way in which Kosovo will flourish.
  • koukero

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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