English-Thai Dictionary
flounce
N ผ้า ที่ เย็บ หุ้ม ริม ผ้าม่าน หรือ ขอบ กระโปรง frill pha thi yep hum rim pa-man-rue-kob-kra-prong
flounce
N อาการ กระฟัดกระเฟียด ar-kan-kra-fad-kra-fiad
flounce
VI กระฟัดกระเฟียด หัว ฟัด หัว เหวี่ยง kre-fad-kra-fid
flounce in
PHRV โยกตัว เข้ามา ส่าย ตัว เข้ามา กระฟัดกระเฟียด เข้ามา yok-tua-kao-ma
flounce out
PHRV โยกตัว ออก ไป ส่าย ตัว ออก ไป กระฟัดกระเฟียด ออก ไป yok-tua-kao-ma
flounder
N ปลา ทะเล ตัวเล็ก แบน ใช้ ทำอาหาร pla-ta-le-tua-lek-baen-chai-tam-ar-han
flounder
VI ตกต่ำ ลง ทรุด ลง ทรุด หนัก founder tok-tam-long
flounder
VI ตะเกียกตะกาย ฝ่า (น้ำ โคลน เดิน เอียง ไป เอียง มา struggle ta-kiak-ta-kai
flounder
VI พูด ตะ กุ กก ตะ กัก ระส่ำระสาย ป้ำๆ เป๋อๆ falter waver muddle chatter phud-ta-kuk-ta-kak
flounder about
PHRV ตะเกียกตะกาย ดิ้นรน flounder around ta-kiak-ta-kai
flounder around
PHRV ตะเกียกตะกาย ดิ้นรน flounder about ta-kiak-ta-kai
flounder through
PHRV ดิ้นรน ผ่าน ตะเกียกตะกาย ผ่าน din-ron-pan
flounder through
PHRV พูด ตะกุกตะกัก phutd-ta-kuk-ta-kak
flour
N แป้ง ทำอาหาร เช่น ขนมปัง paeng-tam-ar-han-chen-ka-nom-pang
flourish
N การ ตกแต่ง ตัวอักษร ด้วย การ ขมวด หัว หรือ ใช้ เส้นโค้ง curlicue embellishment kan-tok-taeng-tua-ak-son-duai-kan-ka-muad-hua-rue-chai-sen-kong
flourish
N การ ประโคม บรรเลง ดนตรี เพื่อ เป็น สัญญา ณ fanfare kan-par-kom
flourish
N การแกว่ง ไม้ แกว่ง มือ เพื่อให้ คนอื่น สนใจ kan-kwaeng-mai-kwaeng-mue-puea-hai-kon-uen-son-jai
flourish
N การแสดง โอ้อวด การโอ้อวด ostentatious display kan-sa-dang-ao-aud
flourish
N สำนวน สละสลวย sam-nuan-sa-ra-sa-ruai
flourish
VI งอกงาม เจริญเติบโต grow thrive ngok-ngam
flourish
VI เจริญรุ่งเรือง รุ่งเรือง เจริญ มั่งคั่ง thrive prosper decline decay ja-roen-rung-rueang
flourish
VT โบก แกว่งไกว กวัดแกว่ง wave shake brandish bok
flourishing
ADJ ซึ่ง เจริญรุ่งเรือง เฟื่องฟู มั่งคั่ง thriving prospering sueng-ja-roen-rung-rueang
floury
ADJ ปกคลุม ไป ด้วย แป้ง มี รสชาติ คล้าย แป้ง pok-klum-pai-duai-paeng
flout
N คำพูด เยาะเย้ย คำพูด เหยียดหยาม การ ดูหมิ่น insult gibe respect praise kam-phud-yor-yoei
flout
VI เยาะเย้ย ดูหมิ่น ดูถูก เหยียดหยาม mock disdain scorn praise esteem yor-yoei
flout
VT แสดง การ เยาะเย้ย แสดง การเหยียดหยาม mock scoff respect sa-daeng-kan-yor-yoei
flout
VT ไม่ เคารพ กฎหมาย defy oppose disobey obey mai-kao-rab-kod-mai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLOUNCE
v.i.flouns. [See Flounder. ] 1. To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle as a horse in mire.
You neither fume, not fret, not flounce.
2. To move with jerks or agitation.
FLOUNCE
v.t.To deck with a flounce; as, to flounce a petticoat or frock.
FLOUNCE
n.A narrow piece of cloth sewed to a petticoat, frock or gown, with the lower border loose and spreading. The present is the age of flounces. 1827.
FLOUNDER
n.A flat fish of the genus Pleuronectes.
FLOUNDER
v.i.[This seems to be allied to flaunt and flounce. ] To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle as a horse in the mire; to roll, toss and tumble.
FLOUNDERING
ppr. Making irregular motions; struggling with violence.
FLOUR
n.[originally flower; L. flos, floris, from floreo, to flourish. ] The edible part of corn; meal. In the United States, the modern practice is to make a distinction between flour and meal; the word flour being more usually applied to the finer part of meal, separated from the bran, as wheat flour, rye flour. This is a just and useful distinction.
FLOUR
v.t. 1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour. Wheat used formerly to be sent to market; but now great quantities of it are floured in the interior country.
2. To sprinkle with flour.
FLOURED
pp. Converted into flour; sprinkled with flour.
FLOURING
ppr. Converting into flour; sprinkling with flour.
FLOURISH
v.i.flur'ish. [L. floresco, from floreo. The primary sense is to open, expand, enlarge, or to shoot out, as in glory, L. ploro.] 1. To thrive; to grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant. The beech and the maple flourish best in a deep, rich and moist loam.
2. To be prosperous; to increase in wealth or honor.
Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that by the means of their wickedness.
When all the workers of iniquity do flourish. Psalm 92:7.
3. To grow in grace and in good works; to abound in the consolations of religion.
The righteous shall flourish like the palmtree. Psalm 92:12.
4. To be in a prosperous state; to grow or be augmented. We say agriculture flourishes, commerce flourishes, manufactures flourish.
5. To use florid language; to make a display of figures and lofty expressions; to be copious and flowery.
They dilate and flourish long on little incidents.
6. To make bold strokes in writing; to make large and irregular lines; as, to flourish with the pen.
7. To move or play in bold and irregular figures.
Impetuous spread the stream, and smoking, flourished o're his head.
8. In music, to play with bold and irregular notes, or without settled form; as, to flourish on an organ or violin.
9. To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
FLOURISH
v.t.flur'ish. 1. To adorn with flowers or beautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with any thing showy.
2. To spread out; to enlarge into figures.
3. To move in bold or irregular figures; to move in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish; as, to flourish a sword.
4. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.
5. To adorn; to embellish.
6. To mark with a flourish or irregular stroke.
The day book and inventory book shall be flourished.
FLOURISH
n.flur'ish. 1. Beauty; showy splendor.
The flourish of his sober youth.
2. Ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as a flourish of rhetoric; a flourish of wit.
He lards with flourishes his long harangue.
3. Figures formed by bold, irregular lines, or fanciful strokes of the pen or graver; as the flourishes about a great letter.
4. A brandishing; the waving of a weapon or other thing; as the flourish of a sword.
FLOURISHED
pp. flur'ished. Embellished; adorned with bold and irregular figures or lines; brandished.
FLOURISHER
n.flur'isher. 1. One who flourishes; one who thrives or prospers.
2. One who brandishes.
3. One who adorns with fanciful figures.
FLOURISHING
ppr. or a.flur'ishing. Thriving; prosperous; increasing; making a show.
FLOURISHINGLY
adv. flur'ishingly. With flourishes; ostentatiously.
FLOUT
v.t.To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me.
He flouted us downright.
FLOUT
v.i.To practice mocking; to sneer; to behave with contempt. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.
FLOUT
n.A mock; an insult.
FLOUTED
pp. Mocked; treated with contempt.
FLOUTER
n.One who flouts and flings; a mocker.
FLOUTING
ppr. Mocking; insulting; fleering.
FLOUTINGLY
adv. With flouting; insultingly.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLOUNCE
Flounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flounced (flounst ); p. pr. & vb. n.Flouncing.] Etym: [Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge. ]
Defn: To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. Barrow. With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. Addison.
FLOUNCE
FLOUNCE Flounce, n.
Defn: The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
FLOUNCE
Flounce, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flaus, flausch, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess, E. fleece; or perh. corrupted fr. rounce. ]
Defn: An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.
FLOUNCE
FLOUNCE Flounce, v. t.
Defn: To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
FLOUNDER
Floun "der, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel.fly, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.
Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra ); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus ); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus ), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus ).
2. (Bootmaking )
Defn: A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
FLOUNDER
Floun "der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floundered; p. pr. & vb. n.Floundering. ] Etym: [Cf. D. flodderen to flap, splash through mire, E. flounce, v.i., and flounder the fish. ]
Defn: To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. Sir W. Hamilton.
FLOUNDER
FLOUNDER Floun "der, n.
Defn: The act of floundering.
FLOUR
Flour, n. Etym: [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best ) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. flür flower, flour. See Flower. ]
Defn: The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard. Flour bolt, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones. -- Flour box a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box. -- Flour dredge or dredger, a flour box. -- Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness. -- Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour.
FLOUR
Flour, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floured; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouring. ]
1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
2. To sprinkle with flour.
FLOURED
FLOURED Floured, p. a.
Defn: Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. Raymond.
FLOURISH
Flour "ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flourished; p. pr. & vb. n.Flourishing. ] Etym: [OE. florisshen, flurisshen, OF. flurir, F. fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and -ish. ]
1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive. A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly. .. soil. Bp. Horne.
2. To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc. , to be in a state of activity or production. When all the workers of iniquity do flourish. Ps. xcii 7 Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that by the means of their wickedness. Nelson. We say Of those that held their heads above the crowd, They flourished then or then. Tennyson.
3. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery. They dilate. .. and flourish long on little incidents. J. Watts.
4. To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc. ; to play with fantastic and irregular motion. Impetuous spread The stream, and smoking flourished o'er his head. Pope.
5. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
6. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude. Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus Shak.
7. To boast; to vaunt; to brag. Pope.
FLOURISH
FLOURISH Flour "ish, v. t.
1. To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. [Obs. ] Fenton.
2. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words. [Obs. ] Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit. Shak.
3. To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish. And flourishes his blade in spite of me. Shak.
4. To develop; to make thrive; to expand. [Obs. ] Bottoms of thread. .. which with a good needle, perhaps flourished into large works. Bacon.
FLOURISH
Flour "ish, n.; pl. Flourishes (.
1. A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor. [Archaic ] The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish, never had the like. Howell.
2. Decoration; ornament; beauty. The flourish of his sober youth Was the pride of naked truth. Crashaw.
3. Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc. ; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of wordas, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit. He lards with flourishes his long harangue. Dryden.
4. A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure. The neat characters and flourishes of a Bible curiously printed. Boyle.
5. A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare. A flourish, trumpets! strike alarum, drums! Shak.
6. The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the fluorish of a sword.
FLOURISHER
FLOURISHER Flour "ish *er, n.
Defn: One who flourishes.
FLOURISHINGLY
FLOURISHINGLY Flour "ish *ing *ly
Defn:, adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
FLOURY
FLOURY Flour "y, a.
Defn: Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour. Dickens.
FLOUT
Flout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting. ] Etym: [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute. ]
Defn: To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. Walton. Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron.
FLOUT
FLOUT Flout, v. i.
Defn: To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.
FLOUT
FLOUT Flout, n.
Defn: A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.
FLOUTER
FLOUTER Flout "er, n.
Defn: One who flouts; a mocker.
FLOUTINGLY
FLOUTINGLY Flout "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flounce
flounce 1 |flouns flaʊns | ▶verb [ no obj. ] go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner: he stood up in a fury and flounced out. • move with exaggerated motions: she flounced around, playing the tart and flirting. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an exaggerated action, typically intended to express one's annoyance or impatience: she left the room with a flounce. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa ‘hurry, ’ or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce .
flounce
flounce 2 |flaʊns flouns | ▶noun a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a piece of fabric, typically on a skirt or dress; a frill. ▶verb (as adj. flounced ) trimmed with a flounce or flounces: a flounced skirt. DERIVATIVES flounc y |ˈflounsē |adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from an alteration of obsolete frounce ‘a fold or pleat, ’ from Old French fronce, of Germanic origin; related to ruck 2 .
flounder
floun der 1 |ˈfloundər ˈflaʊndər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud: he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters. • struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion: she floundered, not knowing quite what to say. • be in serious difficulty: many firms are floundering. DERIVATIVES floun der er noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps a blend of founder 3 and blunder, or perhaps symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement. usage: See usage at founder 3 .
flounder
floun der 2 |ˈflaʊndər ˈfloundər | ▶noun a small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water. [Families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae: several species, in particular the edible Platichthys flesus of European waters. ] • (flounders ) a collective term for flatfishes other than soles. See flatfish. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French flondre, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish flynder.
flour
flour |ˈflou (ə )r ˈflaʊ (ə )r | ▶noun a powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry. • fine soft powder obtained by grinding the seeds or roots of starchy vegetables: manioc flour. ▶verb [ with obj. ] sprinkle (something, esp. a work surface or cooking utensil ) with a thin layer of flour: grease and flour two round cake pans. • grind (grain ) into flour. ORIGIN Middle English: a specific use of flower in the sense ‘the best part, ’ used originally to mean ‘the finest quality of ground wheat ’ The spelling flower remained in use alongside flour until the early 19th cent.
flour beetle
flour bee tle ▶noun a small brown darkling beetle that is a widespread pest of flour and other cereal products. [Genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others, family Tenebrionidae: several species. ]
flourish
flour ish |ˈfləriSH ˈflərɪʃ | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of a person, animal, or other living organism ) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, esp. as the result of a particularly favorable environment: wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake. • develop rapidly and successfully: the organization has continued to flourish. • [ with adverbial ] (of a person ) be working or at the height of one's career during a specified period: the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the early years of this century. 2 [ with obj. ] (of a person ) wave (something ) around to attract the attention of others: “Happy New Year! ” he yelled, flourishing a bottle of whiskey. ▶noun 1 a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made esp. to attract the attention of others: with a flourish, she ushered them inside. • an instance of suddenly performing or developing in an impressively successful way: the Bulldogs produced a late second-half flourish. • an elaborate rhetorical or literary expression. • an ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork: spiky gothic letters with an emphatic flourish beneath them. 2 Music a fanfare played by brass instruments: a flourish of trumpets. • an ornate musical passage. • an improvised addition played esp. at the beginning or end of a composition. DERIVATIVES flour ish er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French floriss-, lengthened stem of florir, based on Latin florere, from flos, flor- ‘a flower. ’ The noun senses ‘ornamental curve ’ and ‘florid expression ’ come from an obsolete sense of the verb, ‘adorn ’ (originally with flowers ).
flourishing
flour ish ing |ˈfləriSHiNG ˈflɜːrɪʃɪŋ | ▶adjective developing rapidly and successfully; thriving: a flourishing career.
flour moth
flour moth (in full Mediterranean flour moth ) ▶noun a grayish-yellow moth, the caterpillar of which is a pest of flour and cereal products. [Ephestia kuehniella, family Pyralidae. ]
floury
flour y |ˈflou (ə )rē ˈflaʊ (ə )ri | ▶adjective covered with flour: Maggie wiped her floury hands on her apron. • of or resembling flour: floury white makeup. DERIVATIVES flour i ness noun
flout
flout |flout flaʊt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] openly disregard (a rule, law or convention ): these same companies still flout basic ethical practices. • [ no obj. ] archaic mock; scoff: the women pointed and flouted at her. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch fluiten ‘whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision ’); German dialect pfeifen auf, literally ‘pipe at, ’ has a similar extended meaning. usage: Flout and flaunt do not have the same meaning: see usage at flaunt .
Oxford Dictionary
flounce
flounce 1 |flaʊns | ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner: he stood up in a fury and flounced out. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an exaggerated action intended to express annoyance or impatience: she left the room with a flounce. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa ‘hurry ’, or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce .
flounce
flounce 2 |flaʊns | ▶noun a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill. ▶verb (as adj. flounced ) trimmed with a flounce or flounces: a flounced skirt. DERIVATIVES flouncy adjective ( flouncier, flounciest ) ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from an alteration of obsolete frounce ‘a fold or pleat ’, from Old French fronce, of Germanic origin; related to ruck 2 .
flounder
flounder 1 |ˈflaʊndə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water: he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters. • struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion: she floundered, not knowing quite what to say. • be in serious difficulty: many firms are floundering. DERIVATIVES flounderer noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps a blend of founder 3 and blunder, or perhaps symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement.
flounder
flounder 2 |ˈflaʊndə | ▶noun a small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water. ●Families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae: several species, in particular the edible Platichthys flesus of European waters. • (flounders ) a collective term for flatfishes other than soles. See flatfish. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French flondre, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish flynder.
flour
flour |ˈflaʊə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry. • fine, soft powder obtained by grinding the seeds or roots of starchy vegetables: manioc flour. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 sprinkle (something, especially a work surface or cooking utensil ) with a thin layer of flour. 2 US grind (grain ) into flour. ORIGIN Middle English: a specific use of flower in the sense ‘the best part ’, used originally to mean ‘the finest quality of ground wheat ’. The spelling flower remained in use alongside flour until the early 19th cent.
flour beetle
flour bee ¦tle ▶noun a small brown darkling beetle that is a widespread pest of flour and other cereal products. ●Genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others, family Tenebrionidae: several species.
flourish
flour |ish |ˈflʌrɪʃ | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of a living organism ) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment: wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake. • develop rapidly and successfully: the organization has continued to flourish. • [ with adverbial ] be working or at the height of one's career during a specified period: the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the early years of this century. 2 [ with obj. ] wave (something ) about to attract attention: ‘Happy New Year! ’ he yelled, flourishing a bottle of whisky. ▶noun 1 a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract attention: with a flourish, she ushered them inside. • an elaborate rhetorical or literary expression. • an ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork: letters with an emphatic flourish beneath them. 2 an impressive and successful act or period: United produced a late second-half flourish. 3 Music a fanfare played by brass instruments: a flourish of trumpets. • an ornate musical passage. • an extemporized addition played especially at the beginning or end of a composition. DERIVATIVES flourisher noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French floriss-, lengthened stem of florir, based on Latin florere, from flos, flor- ‘a flower ’. The noun senses ‘ornamental curve ’ and ‘florid expression ’ come from an obsolete sense of the verb, ‘adorn ’ (originally with flowers ).
flourishing
flour ¦ish |ing |ˈflʌrɪʃɪŋ | ▶adjective developing rapidly and successfully; thriving: a flourishing career.
flour moth
flour moth (in full Mediterranean flour moth ) ▶noun a grayish-yellow moth, the caterpillar of which is a pest of flour and cereal products. [Ephestia kuehniella, family Pyralidae. ]
floury
floury |ˈflaʊəri | ▶adjective ( flourier, flouriest ) 1 of, resembling, or covered with flour: Maggie wiped her floury hands on her apron. 2 (of a potato ) having a soft, fluffy texture when cooked. DERIVATIVES flouriness noun
flout
flout |flaʊt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention ): the advertising code is being flouted. 2 [ no obj. ] archaic mock; scoff: the women pointed and flouted at her. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch fluiten ‘whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision )’; German dialect pfeifen auf, literally ‘pipe at ’, has a similar extended meaning. usage: Flout and flaunt do not have the same meaning: see usage at flaunt .
American Oxford Thesaurus
flounce
flounce 1 verb she flounced off to her room: storm, stride angrily, sweep, stomp, stamp, march, strut.
flounce
flounce 2 noun a lace flounce: frill, ruffle, ruff, peplum, jabot, furbelow, ruche.
flounder
flounder verb 1 people were floundering in the water: struggle, thrash, flail, twist and turn, splash, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, blunder, squirm, writhe. 2 she floundered, not knowing quite what to say: struggle, be out of one's depth, have difficulty, be confounded, be confused; informal scratch one's head, be flummoxed, be clueless, be foxed, be fazed, be floored, be beaten. 3 more firms are floundering: struggle financially, be in dire straits, face financial ruin, be in difficulties, face bankruptcy /insolvency, founder. ANTONYMS prosper. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS See founder 2 . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.
flourish
flourish verb 1 ferns flourish in the shade: grow, thrive, prosper, do well, burgeon, increase, multiply, proliferate; spring up, shoot up, bloom, blossom, bear fruit, burst forth, run riot. ANTONYMS die, wither. 2 the arts flourished: thrive, prosper, bloom, be in good health, be vigorous, be in its heyday; progress, make progress, advance, make headway, develop, improve; evolve, make strides, move forward (in leaps and bounds ), expand; informal be in the pink, go places, go great guns, get somewhere. ANTONYMS decline. 3 he flourished the sword at them: brandish, wave, shake, wield; swing, twirl, swish; display, exhibit, flaunt, show off.
flout
flout verb countless retailers flout the law by selling cigarettes to children: defy, refuse to obey, disobey, break, violate, fail to comply with, fail to observe, contravene, infringe, breach, commit a breach of, transgress against; ignore, disregard. ANTONYMS observe. USAGE See flaunt . Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.
Oxford Thesaurus
flounce
flounce 1 verb she rose from the table in a fury and flounced out: storm, stride angrily, sweep, stomp, stamp, march, strut, stalk. ANTONYMS slink.
flounce
flounce 2 noun a black suit with a little white flounce at the neckline: frill, ruffle, ruff, peplum, jabot, furbelow, ruche, ruching, gather, tuck, fringe; archaic purfle.
flounder
flounder verb 1 the dragoons were floundering in the boggy ground: struggle, thrash, thresh, flail, toss and turn, twist and turn, pitch, splash, stagger, stumble, falter, lurch, blunder, fumble, grope, squirm, writhe. ANTONYMS make good progress. 2 you may find yourself floundering as you try to answer a question you have not really understood: struggle mentally, be out of one's depth, be in the dark, have difficulty, be confounded, be confused, be dumbfounded; informal scratch one's head, be flummoxed, be clueless, be foxed, be fazed, be floored, be beaten. 3 more firms are floundering: struggle financially, be in dire straits, face financial ruin, be in difficulties, face bankruptcy /insolvency. ANTONYMS prosper.
flourish
flourish verb 1 rainforests flourish because of the heat and the rain: grow, thrive, prosper, grow /do well, develop, burgeon, increase, multiply, proliferate; spring up, shoot up, bloom, blossom, bear fruit, burst forth, run riot; put on a spurt, boom, mushroom. ANTONYMS die; wither. 2 the arts flourished in this period: thrive, prosper, bloom, be in good shape, be in good health, be well, be strong, be vigorous, be in its heyday; progress, make progress, advance, make headway, develop, improve, become better, mature; evolve, make strides, move forward (in leaps and bounds ), move ahead, get ahead, expand; informal be in the pink, go places, go great guns, get somewhere. ANTONYMS decline. 3 he flourished the sword at them in a mocking salute: brandish, wave, shake, wield, raise, hold aloft; swing, twirl, wag, swish, flap; display, exhibit, flaunt, vaunt, parade, show off. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD flourish, thrive, prosper All three words denote a healthy or successful state. ■ Flourish and thrive both mean ‘grow healthily ’ or ‘be successful, active, or widespread ’, and are used especially of plants, but also of people (either physically or emotionally ), animals, businesses, activities, and abstract things such as ideas and movements (only algae will thrive in such an environment | Macedonian religious and cultural life continued to flourish under the Byzantines ). Both are often found in their adjectival forms, flourishing and thriving, which predominantly have a financial sense (he joined his father's thriving business ). ■ Thrive is also used with on in a sense tending towards ‘enjoy ’ (the kind of plants that thrive on heat and dust | he is the kind of person who thrives on arguments ). ■ Prosper is used of people and groups of people and refers mainly to material or financial success (the company has grown and prospered ). Although the adjective prosperous is an everyday word, to prosper can have a slightly archaic ring. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
flourishing
flourishing adjective a flourishing economy: thriving, prosperous, prospering, booming, burgeoning, successful, strong, vigorous, buoyant; productive, profitable, fruitful, lucrative; growing, developing, progressing, improving, expanding, mushrooming, snowballing, ballooning; informal going strong. ANTONYMS moribund.
flout
flout verb retailers have been flouting the law by selling tobacco to under-16s: defy, refuse to obey, go against, rebel against, scorn, disdain, show contempt for, fly in the face of, thumb one's nose at, make a fool of, poke fun at; disobey, break, violate, fail to comply with, fail to observe, contravene, infringe, breach, commit a breach of, transgress against; ignore, disregard, set one's face against, kick against; informal cock a snook at; Law infract; archaic set at naught. ANTONYMS observe. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS flout or flaunt? See flaunt . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.
French Dictionary
flou
flou floue adj. et n. m. adjectif 1 Imprécis. : Des dessins flous. ANTONYME clair ; net ; précis . 2 Indéterminé. : Des idées floues. SYNONYME incertain ; nébuleux ; vague . nom masculin Imprécision, caractère vague de quelque chose. : Un flou artistique.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
flounce
flounce 1 /flaʊns /名詞 C (スカート カーテンなどの )ひだ [縁 ]飾り (frill ).
flounce
flounce 2 動詞 自動詞 (怒り いらだちを表して )歩く ; «…を » 飛び出す (out, off, past ) «out of » .名詞 〖単数形で 〗むかっとすること .
flounder
floun der 1 /fláʊndə r /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 自動詞 1 (続けられないほど )苦労する, 問題を (多く )抱える (about )▸ The economy is floundering .景気は低迷している 2 言いよどむ, 口ごもる ; « …に » まごつく (about ) «through » ▸ Tom floundered through his explanation .トムはしどろもどろに説明を終えた 3 〖～＋副詞 〗(泥 雪の中などで )もがく , あえぐ (about ) (!副詞 は方向 場所の表現 ) .名詞 C もがき ; まごつき .
flounder
floun der 2 名詞 複 ～, 種類では ～s C 〘魚 〙(食用で小型の )平たい魚, ヒラメ (の類 ).
flour
flour /flaʊə r / (! flowerと同音; -ourは /aʊə r /) 〖語源は 「(小麦の )最良の部分 」〗名詞 U 小麦粉 , メリケン粉 ; (穀類の )粉末, 穀粉 〘rye, barley, buckwheat, riceなど 〙▸ Sift the flour into a bowl .｟レシピ ｠小麦粉をふるいにかけてボールに落とします 動詞 他動詞 〈食材 台 〉に小麦粉 [粉末 ]をまぶす [かける ]; 〈小麦など 〉をひいて粉にする, 製粉する .～́ m ì ll 製粉所 ; 製粉機 (械 ).
flourish
flour ish /flə́ːrɪʃ |flʌ́r -/〖語源は 「花が開く 」〗動詞 ～es /-ɪz /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〈人が 〉活躍する , 元気である; 〈商売などが 〉繁盛する; 〈文化などが 〉栄える ; 〈悪いものが 〉はびこる (prosper )▸ Democracy can flourish only as part of a rich culture of rights .民主主義は諸権利を豊かに持つ文化があって初めて興隆しうる ▸ Plato flourished in the company of other philosophers who lived about 400 b.c.プラトンは紀元前400年ごろ活躍した哲学者の1人である 2 〈草木が 〉繁茂する, 〈動植物が 〉よく [すくすく ]育つ (thrive )▸ Olives do not flourish in cold countries .オリーブは寒い国では (よく )育たない 3 飾り書きに書く ; 華やかに書く [話す, 奏する ].他動詞 1 〈物 〉を (目につくように )振りかざす ; …を見せびらかす ▸ Jim came into the room, flourishing the letter .ジムはその手紙を振りかざして, 部屋に入って来た 2 〈武器 腕など 〉を振り回す (wave ), 振る ; …を翻す (about ).3 …を (模様 色彩などで )飾る .名詞 C 1 派手な動作 ; 見せびらかし ▸ with a flourish 華々しく, 派手に, 大げさに 〈行動する 動かすなど 〉2 (不要な )装飾, 飾り ; (くどい )細部 .3 飾り書き, (文字の )装飾的曲線 .4 ファンファーレ, 楽曲の盛り上がり [派手なパート ]; 〘楽 〙装飾楽句 .5 振り回すこと .～ing ly 副詞 繁盛して ; 盛大で ; 元気で .
floury
flour y /fláʊ (ə )ri /形容詞 粉まみれの ; 小麦粉のような味のする ; (ふわふわして )粉のような .
flout
flout /flaʊt /動詞 他動詞 〈法 規則など 〉を (故意に )無視する, …に従わない .
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