English-Thai Dictionary

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

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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

 

Oxford Dictionary

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

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

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.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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 .