flourish
berkembang
definition
verb
wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake
(of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.
“Happy New Year!” he yelled, flourishing a bottle of whiskey
(of a person) wave (something) around to attract the attention of others.
noun
with a flourish , she ushered them inside
a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract the attention of others.
a flourish of trumpets
a fanfare played by brass instruments.
example
Colm Henry hit the post for Cloonacool on 25 minutes but Enniscrone-Kilglass finished the half with a 'flourish' and two points from Gordon.
He gestured toward Alpha Flight with a 'flourish' .
Unlike Norton and Margot, their career continued to 'flourish' through the forties and fifties, but no longer as a brother act.
Then, with a 'flourish' , he pops the skull back inside the skin, and before I can even sneeze, I am staring into the dead eyes of a recognisable curlew, beak and all.
He opens the discussion with a rhetorical 'flourish' to make the problem seem utterly insurmountable, so as to make the ultimate solution seem all the more dramatic.
Finishing each set-piece with a 'flourish' , he gives a delighted how-about-that-then, a did-you-see-that flick of the wrist.
My garden is filled with plants which grow and 'flourish' in what is essentially a micro-climate.
I just wish I had a more coherent thought here to discharge with a 'flourish' into the dense fog that blankets the republic.
For basketball to 'flourish' yet more successfully in England it had to develop a solid infrastructure, said Nelson.
Within the fortress of the conference halls, gold-plated pens sign off with a 'flourish' on secret agreements that will change the shape of the world.
The remark about New England was not a rhetorical 'flourish' .
We readily join the festivities as Ong seats us with a 'flourish' at a table of confused Latvian models, and it is a couple of hours before we drag ourselves away for the short walk to our final stop.
Mayo finished with a 'flourish' once more, hitting three points in the final five minutes, but it merely gave some respectability to the final scoreline in what was another heavy defeat.
Now, pigeons sit on his shoulders, and passing poets salute him with a 'flourish' of the walking stick.
The phrase ‘ought only to be’ is merely a rhetorical 'flourish' , since the choice of ends has been put outside the sphere of reason.
These bacteria 'flourish' in warm, wet conditions, the very ones that characterize body wraps.
‘People that subscribe to sites like these create a market and while people continue to subscribe, these sites will continue to 'flourish' ,’ he said.
a 'flourish' of trumpets
Wilberfoss, having had an injury-hit year, were determined to finish the campaign with a 'flourish' and did just that against the champions.
The coach gave the signal and turned on the hose with a 'flourish' .
Contrary to the expectations of the prophets of secularism, the Christian religion continues to 'flourish' in western societies at the end of the twentieth century.
With a 'flourish' and a gesture that was almost comical in its theatrics, she ignored my queen and advanced a totally unconnected pawn.
Both strategies are crowned by a dramatic rhetorical 'flourish' in which a final gender reversal is made to reveal the fundamental hypocrisy of men who would deny women access to learning.
The mayor said that while larger industries continue to 'flourish' in the region, small companies in particular need more support and better help.
Many clients are also continuing to 'flourish' with the help of our strategic planning program.
They opened with a 'flourish' and they set about with gusto on the task of extracting three points from Waterford United for the second time this season.
The ethnic press was an extensive enterprise that continued to 'flourish' , according to patterns of immigration, until the Great Depression.
Increasingly, it seems that an international show also requires a rhetorical 'flourish' or a promise to explode the conventional biennial formula.
Changing his moods, as he forcibly beat every cymbal in his percussion set, Sivamani played with the sticks as if they were a pair of magic wands, twirling them with a 'flourish' for extra effect.
The curtain rises with a 'flourish' , stirring Norm's attention out of the room.
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