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flushes
We have found lemma(root) word of flushes : flush.
Definitions
[flʌʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion
(e.g: Rachel flushed angrily)
- cleanse (something, especially a toilet) by causing large quantities of water to pass through it
(e.g: she flushed the loo)
- drive (a bird, especially a game bird, or an animal) from its cover
(e.g: the grouse were flushed from the woods)
- (of a plant) send out fresh shoots
(e.g: the plant had started to flush by late March)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash and blush
[flʌʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion
(e.g: a flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks)
- a sudden rush of intense emotion
(e.g: I was carried away in a flush of enthusiasm)
- an act of cleansing something, especially a toilet, with a sudden flow of water
(e.g: an old-fashioned toilet uses six or seven gallons a flush)
- the action of driving an animal or game bird from its cover
(e.g: Labradors retrieve the birds after the flush)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash and blush
[flʌʃ], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- completely level or even with another surface
(e.g: the gates are flush with the adjoining fencing)
- having plenty of something, especially money
(e.g: the banks are flush with funds)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush
[flʌʃ], (Adverb)
Definitions:
- so as to be level or even
(e.g: the screw must fit flush with the surface)
- so as to be directly centred; squarely
(e.g: Hodson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush
[flʌʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- fill in (a joint) level with a surface
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush
[flʌʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- (in poker or brag) a hand of cards all of the same suit
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Origin
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early 16th century: from French flux (formerly flus), from Latin fluxus ‘a flow’(see flux: the use in cards can be compared with English run)
[flʌʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a piece of wet ground over which water flows without being confined to a definite channel
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘marshy place’): variant of flash
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