Synonym: bloom, develop, display, exhibit, fade, flaunt, grow, parade, prosper, show, sprout, thrive, wave. Antonym: decay, decline. Similar words: flour, tourism, tourist, Irish, parish, jurisdiction, flow, flood. Meaning: ['flɜrɪʃ /'flʌr-] 
n. 1. a showy gesture 2. an ornamental embellishment in writing 3. a display of ornamental speech or language 4. the act of waving 5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments. v. 1. grow stronger 2. gain in wealth 3. move or swing back and forth.
n. 1. a showy gesture 2. an ornamental embellishment in writing 3. a display of ornamental speech or language 4. the act of waving 5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments. v. 1. grow stronger 2. gain in wealth 3. move or swing back and forth. 
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31. As your plants flourish, you'll need to repot them in bigger pots.
32. Keep the soil moist. That way, the seedling will flourish.
33. He opened his wallet with a flourish and took out a handful of notes.
34. His had to have an additional flourish.
35. Many of the same plants flourish there as here.
36. Rumpole produced the evidence with a dramatic flourish.
37. The season ended with a flourish.
38. Always leave enough for the plant to flourish.
39. But out of necessity, the underground continued to flourish.
40. Mr. Darcy swept back his hat with a flourish.
41. Both shrines flourish today and co-operate ecumenically.
42. This species needs strong lighting to flourish.
43. It can flourish or struggle cannily to survive.
44. There are, however, other primitive forms of life that can flourish under such conditions.
45. During this time the Catholic community continued to grow and flourish.
46. They did, however[sentencedict.com], start off with a flourish with two penalties by out-half Ricky Adair.
47. The embassage had a trumpeter, and he blew a resounding flourish.
48. He has announced that private enterprise will be allowed to flourish.
49. Pine martens could be out of the woods, albeit in limited areas, and may they flourish.
50. I encourage them to make more of their homework, to do it with a flourish and with spirit.
51. And the ending is slightly unsatisfactory,(www.Sentencedict.com) arguably deficient in the final twist or flourish.
52. Blueprint for success ... a New dance company starts with a flourish.
53. Teachers in state schools must adopt some of these selling techniques if history is to flourish in the state sector.
54. Both improved letter services and the immediacy of the telephone enabled distant business operations to flourish.
55. Instead, they would reinvest it in their business enterprises, which would then flourish even more.
56. Some believe that new plants flourish if their early growth coincides with the growing of a new moon.
57. The graceful flourish of his handwriting contrasted oddly with the fractured grammar and exotic spelling of his prose.
58. On its own this reads like a perfectly ordinary youthful Europeanized sententious romantic flourish.
59. In the early 1970s some of these movements began to decline or were suppressed, but others continued to flourish.
60. With a flourish he pulled out a jersey of many colours.