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The correct spelling is flush.
How to pronounce flush
/ˈflʌʃ/
nounIPA: /ˈflʌʃ/
Say it like: Flu-sh
The correct spelling is flush. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc. For example: "The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake."
Usage Examples
“The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.”
“A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”
“Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
- 2.A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- 3.Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- 4.A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- 5.Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
verb
- 1.To cause to take flight from concealment.
- 2.To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- 3.To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- 4.Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- 5.To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
adjective
- 1.Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- 2.Wealthy or well off.
- 3.Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- 4.Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
- 5.Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
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