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flourishing

 
Adjective flourishing has 2 senses
  1. flourishing, growing, thriving - having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"
    Antonym: unhealthy (indirect, via healthy)
  2. booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving - very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
    Antonym: unsuccessful (indirect, via successful)
Verb flourish has 3 senses
  1. boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand - grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
    --1 is one way to grow
    Sample sentence:
    The business is going to flourish
  2. thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish - gain in wealth
    --2 is one way to change state, turn
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. brandish, flourish, wave - move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
    --3 is one way to move, displace
    Derived form: noun flourish4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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