flourish

1. verb

1) (to be healthy; to grow well; to thrive: My plants are flourishing.) trives, vokse godt, florere

2) (to be successful or active: His business is flourishing.) blomstre, gå strykende

3) (to hold or wave something as a show, threat etc: He flourished his sword.) vifte/svinge med

2. noun

1) (an ornamental stroke of the pen in writing: His writing was full of flourishes.) krusedull, snirkel, sving

2) (an impressive, sweeping movement (with the hand or something held in it): He bowed and made a flourish with his hat.) feiende bevegelse, flott gestus

3) (an ornamental passage of music: There was a flourish on the trumpets.) fanfare

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- flourishing

fanfare

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snirkel

I

subst. \/ˈflʌrɪʃ\/

1) snirkel, løkke (på bokstav), krusedull

2) floskel, store ord

3) feiende bevegelse

4) (musikk) fanfare

flourish of trumpets trompetfanfare

in full flourish (gammeldags) i full vigør

sound a flourish blåse fanfare, blåse touche

with a flourish med en feiende bevegelse

with a (great) flourish of trumpets med (kraftig) trompetfanfare

II

verb \/ˈflʌrɪʃ\/

1) (overført) blomstre, gå godt, gå strykende

• his business is flourishing

firmaet hans går godt

2) (om planter, levende vesener) trives

3) virke, være på topp, være på høyden

• he flourished about 400 BC

han virket rundt år 400 f.Kr.

4) skryte, vise frem, vifte med

• flourish one's wealth

vifte med rikdommen sin

5) (musikk) gi touche, lage fanfare, preludere

6) svinge, vifte

• flourish a sword

• flourish a banner

7) pynte med snirkler, skjære ut