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"he entered to a flourish of trumpets"noun(music) a short lively tune played on brass instrumentstype of:
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verbmake steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importancetype of:
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verbmove or swing back and forth
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nounthe act of waving
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verbgrow vigorouslytype of:
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nouna display of ornamental speech or language
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"she entered with a great flourish"nouna showy gesture
Definition that contains flourish
- home place where something began and flourished
- egypt a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
- cologne a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
- dada a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty
- milwaukee largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries
- baroque elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
- baroque the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
- thebes an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs
- dortmund an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
- mastodon extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth