flourish

verb

• 1 [no object] (of a living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment:wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake
• develop rapidly and successfully:the organization has continued to flourish
• [with adverbial] be working or at the height of one’s career during a specified period:the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the early years of this century

• 2 [with object] wave (something) about to attract attention:‘Happy New Year!’ he yelled, flourishing a bottle of whisky

noun

• 1a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract attention:with a flourish, she ushered them inside
• an elaborate rhetorical or literary expression.
• an ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork:letters with an emphatic flourish beneath them

• 2an impressive and successful act or period:United produced a late second-half flourish

• 3 Music a fanfare played by brass instruments:a flourish of trumpets
• an ornate musical passage.
• an extemporized addition played especially at the beginning or end of a composition.