thrive
THRIVEverbMeaning to grow strong and healthy; to do well
Memory hook THRIVE rhymes with HIVE: a busy, growing HIVE. Every week there are more bees and more honey; the busy hive grows and grows. It thrives!
The rescued puppy thrived on long walks and lots of attention.
In context Some plants wilt in deep shade, but ferns thrive there; they grow thick and green under the tall trees where little else will grow.
Similar flourish, prosper, grow, boom
Opposite wither, fail, decline
From Old Norse thrifask, “to grasp for oneself, to prosper.”