Meaning

10 senses

  1. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

    Spülen, Spülung, Schwall

    a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

  3. (countable, uncountable)Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.

    Spülen, Spülung, Wasserspülung

  4. (countable, uncountable)The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

    Rotwerden, Erröten, Errötung

    sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

  6. (countable, uncountable)Any tinge of red color 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

    Röte, Rötung

  7. (countable, uncountable)A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.

    a flush of joy

    Wallung, Aufwallung, Fieberanfall

    при́ступprístup, прили́вprilív

  8. (countable, uncountable)A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.

  9. A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.

  10. A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

    Flush

    флешfleš, сам-пятsam-pjat

    a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

Examples

155 sentences

  1. Tom forgot to flush the toilet.

    Том забув злити воду в туалеті. — deniko

    ruТом забыл спустить воду в туалете. — Wezzel

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  2. You forgot to flush the toilet.

    Ти забув за собою злити. — miketheknight

    ruТы забыл за собой смыть. — odexed

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  3. Tom didn't forget to flush the toilet.

    Том не забув злити туалет. — deniko

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  4. Tom flushed the pills down the toilet.

    Том злив таблетки в унітаз. — deniko

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  5. I flushed the toilet.

    Я злив воду в туалеті. — deniko

    ruЯ смыл в туалете. — Wezzel

    deIch habe die Toilettenspülung betätigt. — arved

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a sudden flood or rush of feeling:
poker hand:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
sudden flowing; cleansing:
cleansing of a toilet:
suffusion of the face with blood:
any tinge of red color:
a sudden flood or rush of feeling:
poker hand:

Origin

From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal flusk (“to

From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal flusk (“to fly at, startle a bird out of the bush”) and flusker (“to flutter, fly irregularly”). Perhaps related to Middle English flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English blend of flowen (“to flow”) + guschen (“to gush”). Compare Saterland Frisian flutskje, German Low German flutschen, German flutschen.

Probably from Etymology 1, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

Various similar terms are found in dialectal English and Scots as flash and flosh (older Scots flosche), and the variation goes back to Middle English flushe, flosche, flashe, flaske. The DSL suggests a relation between flush, English flash (“pool”), and Middle English flosche, but influence from other water-related senses of flush and flash is also conceivable.

Probably from Middle French flus (“flow”), cognate with flux.

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Forms

plural: flushes
Singularflush
Pluralflushes

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

29 related words
Derivedflush mountingautoflushbackflushbinge flushbucket flushcourtesy flusheco-flushfirst flushflush deckflushlessflushometerflush toiletfour-flushfour flushhot flushmercy flushoverflushpreflushrunning flushsaline flushsex flushunderflushunflushoutflush

Collocations

3 patterns
  • flush the toilet
  • forget to flush
  • to flush the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fluoridefluorineflurryflusterfluteB1

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