To thrive or grow well.
The barley flourished in the warm weather.
To prosper or fare well.
The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.
To be in a period of greatest influence.
His writing flourished before the war.
To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
To make bold, sweeping movements with.
They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.
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 adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.