flushes
/ˈflʌʃɪz/noun
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A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
verb
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To cause to take flight from concealment.
Example: The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
Example: A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
noun
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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.
Example: the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset
verb
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To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
Example: 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.
Example: The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
To cause to blush.
noun
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A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.