FLOURISHING

To thrive or grow well.

Example: "The barley flourished in the warm weather."

To prosper or fare well.

Example: "The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."

To be in a period of greatest influence.

Example: "His writing flourished before the war."

To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

To make bold, sweeping movements with.

Example: "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.