flushes
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/ˈflʌʃɪz/
English
Definitions
noun
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
verb
- To cause to take flight from concealment.“The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.”
- To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.“A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”
noun
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.“the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset”
verb
- To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.“Flush the injury with plenty of water.”
- Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- 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.”
- To cause to blush.
noun
- A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
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Synonyms
blushflowerbuffblossombloomrushrosinessrednessreddencrimsonscourburnishfurbishinflammationgushoutpouring