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/ˈflʌʃ/
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/flʌʃ/
Noun
A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
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As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].
Verb
To cause to take flight from concealment.
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The dogs flushed the deer from the woods.
To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
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A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
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But then as little VVrens but nevvly fledge, / […] / His fellovv noting his agilitie, / Thinkes he as vvell may venter as the other, / So fluſhing from one ſpray vnto another, / Gets to the top, and then enbold'ned flies, / Vnto an height paſt ken of humane eyes: […]
The birds seem to lie very close and must be nearly stepped on before they will flush.
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AWACS is survivable due to its ability to flush on warning, to maneuver at jet speeds, to maintain awareness of the developing air situation and to command weapons as appropriate, including weapons for its own defense.
Adjective
Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
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Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
Wealthy or well off.
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He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
In 1952, Fawcett Books was flush with the unprecedented success of Women's Barracks.
Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
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With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
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[H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready [i.e., ready money], either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]
Adverb
Suddenly and completely.
Usage- not-comparable
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I landed flush on the couch.
Noun
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
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in manner of a wave or flush
Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
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The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
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A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
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When I would kiss thy hand, / The flush of anger'd shame / O'erflows thy calmer glances, / And o'er black brows drops down / A sudden-curved frown: […]
Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
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the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset
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Benefit’s cult product Benetint is the lip stain most widely associated with Popsicle lips. Its watery tint gives just the slightest hint of flush, befitting of lips (and nipples — Benetint’s original use was to tint the nipples of burlesque dancers).
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
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a flush of joy
A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
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Verb
To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
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Flush the injury with plenty of water.
Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
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To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
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The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
She turned, laughing at the surprise, and flushing with pleasure.
To cause to blush.
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Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, / Flushing his brow, [...]
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"Who plants a seed begets a bud, -- Extract of that same root; -- Why marvel at the hectic blood -- That flushes this wild fruit?"
The swiftness of the elevator ride caused a drop in air pressure that made Asa nauseous, flushed his brown cheeks maroon, and threatened his already altered equilibrium.
To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
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to flush the meadows
To excite, inflame.
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such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition
Chill depths of the spirit are flushed to a fever, The nightmare silence is broken. We are not lost.
To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
Usage- Intransitive
- of a toilet
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There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.
To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
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To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
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- of data held in a buffer or cache
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flush to disk
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
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Blood flushes into the face.
the flushing noise of many waters
To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
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In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed.
To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
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To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
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To move, shift or align to one side.
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Noun
A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
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For this point onwards the land slopes gently until it becomes quite low lying, that is, tends to become a "flush" or bog.
The reason for a "green gair" or flush is the outflow of a spring, and a regular line of these springs may often be traced along a valley slope.
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The pH in water of the hillside soils varied between 3.1 and 6.1 with a mean of 4.2. The pattern of pH variation is complex and does not clearly relate either to cultivation or occupation. The most consistent, though weak, correlation appears to be between higher pH and flushes or bogs, which indicates that the local groundwaters are comparatively basic.
Suddenly a way would open down into a flush or bog, even some extensive ones where snowfed springs rose, and so did Asiatic Golden Plover with their plangent cries, and calling from high circling; and I was home again.
The inland distribution of Plantago maritima in Ireland and Britain is … generally associated with base-rich soils or with flushes in more acidic upland soils. … Many of these inland sites are on uplands of both acidic and basic rock. … associated with calcareous, nutrient-poor flushes, …
Lowland heath Fen, marsh, and swamp / Upland flushes, fens, and swamps […] Flushes are gently sloping, often linear or triangle-shaped wetlands; they may include small watercourses.
[…] Not all the flushes are as basic as might be expected in basalt country, but they do support most of the sedges found in this habitat in the Hebrides. […] in peaty fushes both on Canna and Sanday […]
Noun
A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
Adjective
of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
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a door flush with the wall
the bottom of the window is flush with the floor
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
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an affluent banker
a speculator flush with cash
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not merely rich but loaded
moneyed aristocrats
wealthy corporations
a substantial family
Noun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
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sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
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a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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the swift release of a store of affective force
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they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
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he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
he does it for kicks
a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
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he heard the flush of a toilet
there was a little gush of blood
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she attacked him with an outpouring of words
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
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Adverb
squarely or solidly
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hit him flush in the face
in the same plane
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set it flush with the top of the table
Verb
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
cause to flow through something
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The garbage flushed down the river
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
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the sky flushed with rosy splendor
make level or straight
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level the ground
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
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flush the wound with antibiotics
purge the old gas tank
irrigate with water from a sluice
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sluice the earth
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
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flush the meadows