[
  {
    "word": "flourish",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8fl\u028c.\u0279\u026a\u0283/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8fl\u028c.\u0279\u026a\u0283/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8fl\u028c.\u0279\u026a\u0283/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An ornamentation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His signature ended with a flourish."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A decorative embellishment on a building.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To thrive or grow well.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The barley flourished in the warm weather."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prosper or fare well.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be in a period of greatest influence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His writing flourished before the war."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To develop; to make thrive; to expand.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make bold, sweeping movements with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To boast; to vaunt; to brag.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flourish"
    ]
  }
]