transcription, транскрипция: [ flʌrɪʃ, AM flɜ:r- ]
( flourishes, flourishing, flourished)
1.
If something flourishes , it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly.
Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day...
= thrive
≠ flounder
VERB : V
• flour‧ish‧ing
London quickly became a flourishing port.
ADJ
2.
If a plant or animal flourishes , it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it.
The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes.
= thrive
VERB : V
• flour‧ish‧ing
Britain has the largest and most flourishing fox population in Europe.
ADJ
3.
If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it.
He flourished the glass to emphasize the point.
VERB : V n
•
Flourish is also a noun.
He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes.
N-COUNT
4.
If you do something with a flourish , you do in a showy way so that people notice it.
N-COUNT