Meaning of first flush | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The first growth of buds, flowers, seeds, or whatever is harvested from a plant.
2. The beginning; the period of time when something is first starting.
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3. The flow of wastewater at the start of a storm or season, when runoff has the highest concentration of pollutants.

Examples

“But, because the first flush of growth is from a preformed bud and subsequent flushes are from buds developed during the current growing season, chilling directly affects only the first flush.”

“Planting dates, soil moisture, nutrition, and pest management should be designed to protect the first flush of floral buds, flowers, and pods.”

“The first harvest, from the end of February to early April, is called the "first flush" and is when the tea with the finest aroma is collected.”

“After harvesting the first flush, clean up all the withered pinheads and debris on the surface of the block.”

“When however the first flush of our surprize is over we cannot fail to perceive that amid all this legerdemain there is a vast deal of nature united with that astonishing splendour of colouring which so many have tried to emulate.”

“And though his money was now gone again, all but a sovereign or two, yet that troubled him but little, in the first flush of being at sea.”

“Raeburn also quotes Rudi Blesh's rhapsodic praise of “the first recordings of pure New Orleans jazz made in modern times . . . pure, uncommercialized jazz . . . as it sounded in its first flushes of classicism . . . the music of the men . . . who never lost faith in the pure melody that speaks to the heart."”

“He had not been there more than a few minutes when the attack was made, and in the first flush of the onslaught he received a gun-shot in the thigh which completely shattered the bone and left him helpless upon the ground.”

“You're not old, Major, but you're not in the first flush.”

“Several published data sets have been collected to evaluate the occurrence of a first flush of pollutants from urban watersheds.”

“For most catchments, first flushes must be expected.”

“The amount of first flush that should be diverted varies considerably depending on how much dust has accumulated on a roof.”

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