[{"word":"flourish","phonetic":"/ˈflʌ.ɹɪʃ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈflʌ.ɹɪʃ/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈflʌ.ɹɪʃ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue."},{"definition":"An ornamentation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His signature ended with a flourish."},{"definition":"A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church."},{"definition":"A decorative embellishment on a building.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To thrive or grow well.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The barley flourished in the warm weather."},{"definition":"To prosper or fare well.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."},{"definition":"To be in a period of greatest influence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His writing flourished before the war."},{"definition":"To develop; to make thrive; to expand.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make bold, sweeping movements with.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace."},{"definition":"To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To boast; to vaunt; to brag.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flourish"]}]