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flush1 verb (flushes, flushed, flushing) 1 usually intr to blush or make someone blush or go red. 2 to clean out (especially a lavatory pan) with a rush of water, usually by operating a handle, pressing a button, etc. noun (flushes) 1 a redness or rosiness, especially of the cheeks or face; a blush. 2 a rush of water that cleans a lavatory pan, or the mechanism that controls it. 3 high spirits • in the first flush of enthusiasm. 4 freshness; bloom; vigour • the flush of youth. flushed adj suffused with a rosy colour; excited or elated. be flushed with pride, etc to be visibly affected by it, eg by blushing.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: possibly influenced by flash, blush and flush4.
flush something away to wash it down the lavatory. |
flush1 verb (flushes, flushed, flushing) 1 usually intr to blush or make someone blush or go red. 2 to clean out (especially a lavatory pan) with a rush of water, usually by operating a handle, pressing a button, etc. noun (flushes) 1 a redness or rosiness, especially of the cheeks or face; a blush. 2 a rush of water that cleans a lavatory pan, or the mechanism that controls it. 3 high spirits • in the first flush of enthusiasm. 4 freshness; bloom; vigour • the flush of youth. flushed adj suffused with a rosy colour; excited or elated. be flushed with pride, etc to be visibly affected by it, eg by blushing.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: possibly influenced by flash, blush and flush4.
flush something away to wash it down the lavatory. |
flush1 verb (flushes, flushed, flushing) 1 usually intr to blush or make someone blush or go red. 2 to clean out (especially a lavatory pan) with a rush of water, usually by operating a handle, pressing a button, etc. noun (flushes) 1 a redness or rosiness, especially of the cheeks or face; a blush. 2 a rush of water that cleans a lavatory pan, or the mechanism that controls it. 3 high spirits • in the first flush of enthusiasm. 4 freshness; bloom; vigour • the flush of youth. flushed adj suffused with a rosy colour; excited or elated. be flushed with pride, etc to be visibly affected by it, eg by blushing.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: possibly influenced by flash, blush and flush4.
flush something away to wash it down the lavatory. |
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