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flushes

The correct spelling is flushes.

How to pronounce flushes

noun

IPA: /ˈflʌʃɪz/

Say it like: Flu-she-s

The correct spelling is flushes. 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.

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
  2. 2.A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
  3. 3.Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
  4. 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. 5.Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.

verb

  1. 1.To cause to take flight from concealment.
  2. 2.To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
  3. 3.To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
  4. 4.Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
  5. 5.To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.

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