flush
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Middle English flusshen
Verb [edit]
flush (third-person singular simple present flushes, present participle flushing, simple past and past participle flushed)
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
Translations [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Adjective [edit]
flush (comparative flusher, superlative flushest)
- smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
- wealthy or well off.
- He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
- (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
Synonyms [edit]
- (typography): double-clean, flush left and right, forced, forced justified, force justified, justified
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out
wealthy or well off
Noun [edit]
flush (plural flushes)
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.2:
- As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.2:
- A cleansing with plenty of fluid.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from flush (noun)
Translations [edit]
cleansing of a toilet
poker hand
Verb [edit]
flush (third-person singular simple present flushes, present participle flushing, simple past and past participle flushed)
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- Flush the injury with plenty of water.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- 1925, Fruit of the Flower, by Countee Cullen
- "Who plants a seed begets a bud, -- Extract of that same root; -- Why marvel at the hectic blood -- That flushes this wild fruit?"
- 1925, Fruit of the Flower, by Countee Cullen
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive) (Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (intransitive) (Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents.
Usage notes [edit]
In sense “turn red with embarrassment”, blush is more common. More finely, in indicating the actual change, blush is more common – “He blushed with embarrassment” – but in indicating state, flushed is also common – “He was flushed with excitement”.
Synonyms [edit]
- (turn red with embarrassment): blush
Translations [edit]
to cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid
to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water
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to become suffused with reddish color
to be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water
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Etymology [edit]
From English
Noun [edit]
flush m (plural flushs)