different between flourish vs dangle
flourish
English
Alternative forms
- florysh, floryshe (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English floryschen, from Old French floriss-, stem of some conjugated forms of florir (compare French fleurir), from Vulgar Latin *flor?re, from Latin fl?re? (“I bloom”) (and conjugation partly from fl?r?sc?), from fl?s (“flower”). See flower + -ish.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fl??.??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fl??.??/, /?fl?.??/
- (hypercorrection) IPA(key): /?fl??.??/
- (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
- (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
Verb
flourish (third-person singular simple present flourishes, present participle flourishing, simple past and past participle flourished)
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- 1795, Robert Nelson, A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England
- Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that by the means of their wickedness.
- 1795, Robert Nelson, A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- Bottoms of thread […] which with a good needle, perhaps may be flourished into large works.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- They dilate […] and flourish long upon little incidents.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to John Gower
- With shadowy verdure flourish'd high,
- A sudden youth the groves enjoy.
- c. 1603-1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act IV, Scene 1
- To bring you thus together, 'tis no sin, Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit.
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to John Gower
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:prosper
Translations
Noun
flourish (plural flourishes)
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- An ornamentation.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
Translations
References
- flourish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- rushfoil
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dangle
English
Etymology
Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dæ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Verb
dangle (third-person singular simple present dangles, present participle dangling, simple past and past participle dangled)
- (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
- He'd rather on a gibbet dangle / Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.
- From her lifted hand / Dangled a length of ribbon.
- (intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
- (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.
- (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.
- 1833, Miller's Modern Acting Drama
- To dangle at the elbow of a wench who can't make up her mind to accept the common title of wife, till she has been courted a certain number of weeks — so the old blinker, her father, says.
- 1833, Miller's Modern Acting Drama
- (medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
- 1976, R. Winifred Heyward Johnson, Douglass W. Johnson, Introduction to Nursing Care (page 139)
- Record the time and duration of dangling, patient's pulse and respirations and patient's general tolerance of the procedure. […] The next step usually in getting the patient out of bed is sitting […]
- 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now
- [P]ivot to bring the patient's legs over the side of the bed. Be Smart! Stay with the patient as he dangles.
- 1976, R. Winifred Heyward Johnson, Douglass W. Johnson, Introduction to Nursing Care (page 139)
- (medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.
- 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now
- Using proper body mechanics for dangling a patient at the side of the bed.
- 2012, Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Pocket Nursing Skills: What You Need to Know Now
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Translations
Noun
dangle (plural dangles)
- An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
- (slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
- That was a sick dangle for a great goal!
- A dangling ornament or decoration.
Anagrams
- Glenda, angled, geland, gladen
References
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- what dangles between tonsils
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