A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.

(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.

(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.

(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.

(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.

(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

(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.

(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.

(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.