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A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
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To cause to take flight from concealment.
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The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
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To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
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A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
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A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
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Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
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A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
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Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
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the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset
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A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
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a flush of joy
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To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
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Flush the injury with plenty of water.
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Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
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To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
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The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
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To cause to blush.
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To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
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to flush the meadows
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To excite, inflame.
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(of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
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There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.
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To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
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Blood flushes into the face.
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To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
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To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
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To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
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To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
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To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
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A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.