flourish

flourish
['flʌrɪʃ] I
nome
1) (gesture) gesto m. plateale

to do sth. with a flourish — fare qcs. con ostentazione

2) (detail, touch)

with an emphatic flourish — con uno stile enfatico; (in a piece of music)

the final flourish — la fioritura finale

3) (in style) ghirigoro m., svolazzo m.
II 1.
verbo transitivo agitare, sventolare [ticket, document]
2.
verbo intransitivo [plant] crescere rigoglioso, prosperare; [bacteria] proliferare; [child] crescere (sano e robusto); [firm, democracy] fiorire, prosperare
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1. verb
1) (to be healthy; to grow well; to thrive: My plants are flourishing.) essere fiorente; fiorire
2) (to be successful or active: His business is flourishing.) prosperare
3) (to hold or wave something as a show, threat etc: He flourished his sword.) brandire
2. noun
1) (an ornamental stroke of the pen in writing: His writing was full of flourishes.) ghirigoro
2) (an impressive, sweeping movement (with the hand or something held in it): He bowed and made a flourish with his hat.) gesto
3) (an ornamental passage of music: There was a flourish on the trumpets.) fioritura, fanfara
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flourish /ˈflʌrɪʃ/
n.
1 gesto enfatico: He offered me the book with a flourish, mi ha offerto il libro con un ampio gesto del braccio
2 sventolio (di cappello, ecc.); mulinello (di spada, ecc.)
3 svolazzo; ghirigoro: to sign with a flourish, firmare con uno svolazzo
4 (di tromba) squilli (pl.); fanfara
5 abbellimento retorico; infiorettatura; espressione fiorita
6 (mus.) fioritura; fiorettatura
● (antiq.) in full flourish, in pieno rigoglio.
(to) flourish /ˈflʌrɪʃ/
A v. i.
1 (di persona) prosperare; essere fiorente; essere in ottima salute
2 (bot.) attecchire; prosperare: Palm trees don't flourish in cold countries, le palme non prosperano nei paesi freddi
3 (di movimento, scuola, ecc.) fiorire; svilupparsi; diffondersi; essere fiorente
4 (di affari, impresa, ecc.) prosperare; essere fiorente; andare a gonfie vele
5 usare un linguaggio (o uno stile) fiorito
6 (mus.) eseguire una fioritura
7 (di trombe) squillare; suonare una fanfara
B v. t.
1 agitare; sventolare; brandire; scuotere: He flourished a credit card, ha sventolato una carta di credito; to flourish one's sword, brandire la spada
2 mettere in mostra; ostentare.
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['flʌrɪʃ] I
nome
1) (gesture) gesto m. plateale

to do sth. with a flourish — fare qcs. con ostentazione

2) (detail, touch)

with an emphatic flourish — con uno stile enfatico; (in a piece of music)

the final flourish — la fioritura finale

3) (in style) ghirigoro m., svolazzo m.
II 1.
verbo transitivo agitare, sventolare [ticket, document]
2.
verbo intransitivo [plant] crescere rigoglioso, prosperare; [bacteria] proliferare; [child] crescere (sano e robusto); [firm, democracy] fiorire, prosperare

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