flourish

Everyday

1. To flourish is to grow well and be healthy and strong, like plants in good soil. tree →
2. To flourish is to do very well and be successful, like a business or a person. tree →
3. To flourish something is to wave it around to show it off. tree →
4. A flourish is a fancy curl in handwriting, or a showy movement or bit of music. tree →

In the lessons

Science (plants flourish with light and water), history (civilizations flourished), and wellbeing (children flourish with care). In stories, with a flourish = showily. Phrases: with a flourish, flourish in, flourishing business.

Examples

• The sunflowers flourished in the sunny corner. tree →
• Ancient Egypt flourished along the Nile. tree →
• She has flourished at her new school. tree →
• The magician bowed with a flourish. tree →
• He signed his name with a flourish. tree →
• The knight flourished his sword. tree →
• Small shops flourish when people buy locally. tree →
• Ya-hip! ya-hip!' And he flourished his broom in triumph." tree →

Note

Spelling: flour-ish (not «flurish»). Say «FLUR-ish». Similar: thrive. Not related to flour for baking.

In Jewish tradition

The Bible often uses flourishing for the success of the righteous, who are likened to trees. Psalm 92 compares them to the palm tree and the cedar.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the image as the steady growth of the righteous, who go on bearing fruit even in old age.

Examples

• Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids. (Prophets ZEC.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. (Writings DAN.4.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Writings PSA.92.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Spelling: flour-ish (not «flurish»). Say «FLUR-ish». Similar: thrive. Not related to flour for baking.