All 14 Uses
flourish
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
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- many flourishing potted plants
Chpt 20 *flourishing = thriving (growing well)
- Seized with an immediate desire to reveal himself, Harry pulled off the cloak with a flourish.
Chpt 22 *flourish = a showy gesture
- I must say, your agapanthus are flourishing.†
Chpt 3
- "Mum, d'you honestly think You-Know-Who's going to be hiding behind a bookshelf in Flourish and Blotts?" sniggered Ron.†
Chpt 6
- The nearest one, which had been erected outside Flourish and Blotts, under a striped, stained awning, had a cardboard sign pinned to its front: AMULETS Effective Against Werewolves, Dementors, and Inferi!†
Chpt 6
- Why don't those three go with Hagrid, and we can go to Flourish and Blotts and get everyone's school-books?†
Chpt 6
- Mrs. Weasley did not look entirely convinced, but allowed the separation, scurrying off toward Flourish and Blotts with her husband and Ginny while Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid set off for Madam Malkin's.†
Chpt 6
- You can use ingredients from the store cupboard today, and I'm sure we can lend you some scales, and we've got a small stock of old books here, they'll do until you can write to Flourish and Blotts....†
Chpt 9
- Marvolo, his son, Morfin, and his daughter, Merope, were the last of the Gaunts, a very ancient Wizarding family noted for a vein of instability and violence that flourished through the generations due to their habit of marrying their own cousins.†
Chpt 10
- "Ha!" said Harry, unwrapping the parcel to reveal a new copy of Advanced Potion-Making, fresh from Flourish and Blotts.†
Chpt 11
- There sat the Prince's copy, disguised as a new book, and there sat the fresh copy from Flourish and Blotts, looking thoroughly secondhand.†
Chpt 11
- May your many-eyed descendants ever flourish and your human friends find solace for the loss they have sustained.†
Chpt 22
- This is the copy of Advanced Potion-Making that you purchased from Flourish and Blotts?†
Chpt 24
- He pulled out a card from one of the topmost boxes with a flourish and read, "James Potter and Sirius Black.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)
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(2)
(flourish as in: dismissed them with a flourish) a showy gesture
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the act of waving -- a hand or an item -
(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In Shakespeare's plays, flourish is often used as a stage direction indicating a specific type of showy gesture: fanfare played by trumpets or other horns to announce the entry or exit of royalty.
Check a comprehensive dictionary for other senses including some that are of interest to musicians.