Meaning of Flush | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
2. 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.
3. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
   countable, uncountable
4. A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
5. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
   countable, uncountable
6. The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
   countable, uncountable
7. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
   countable, uncountable
8. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
   countable, uncountable
9. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
   countable, uncountable
10. A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].”

“in manner of a wave or flush”

“When I would kiss thy hand, / The flush of anger'd shame / O'erflows thy calmer glances, / And o'er black brows drops down / A sudden-curved frown: […]”

“the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset”

“Benefit’s cult product Benetint is the lip stain most widely associated with Popsicle lips. Its watery tint gives just the slightest hint of flush, befitting of lips (and nipples — Benetint’s original use was to tint the nipples of burlesque dancers).”

“a flush of joy”

“For this point onwards the land slopes gently until it becomes quite low lying, that is, tends to become a "flush" or bog.”

“The reason for a "green gair" or flush is the outflow of a spring, and a regular line of these springs may often be traced along a valley slope.”

“The pH in water of the hillside soils varied between 3.1 and 6.1 with a mean of 4.2. The pattern of pH variation is complex and does not clearly relate either to cultivation or occupation. The most consistent, though weak, correlation appears to be between higher pH and flushes or bogs, which indicates that the local groundwaters are comparatively basic.”

“Suddenly a way would open down into a flush or bog, even some extensive ones where snowfed springs rose, and so did Asiatic Golden Plover with their plangent cries, and calling from high circling; and I was home again.”

“The inland distribution of Plantago maritima in Ireland and Britain is … generally associated with base-rich soils or with flushes in more acidic upland soils. … Many of these inland sites are on uplands of both acidic and basic rock. … associated with calcareous, nutrient-poor flushes, …”

“Lowland heath Fen, marsh, and swamp / Upland flushes, fens, and swamps […] Flushes are gently sloping, often linear or triangle-shaped wetlands; they may include small watercourses.”

“[…] Not all the flushes are as basic as might be expected in basalt country, but they do support most of the sedges found in this habitat in the Hebrides. […] in peaty fushes both on Canna and Sanday […]”

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