thriving : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thriving	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for thriving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thriving adj very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" Synonym(s): booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrive \Thrive\ (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. {Throve} (thr[omac]v) or {Thrived} (thr[imac]vd); p. p. {Thrived} or {Thriven} (thr[icr]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Thriving}.] [OE. [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[c6]fask; probably originally, to grasp for one's self, from [thorn]r[c6]fa to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. {Thrift}.] 1. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry. Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold. --I. Watts. 2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success. [bd]They by vices thrive.[b8] --Sandys. O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives? --Milton. And so she throve and prospered. --Tennyson. 3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.