flush
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
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(countable, uncountable)Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
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(countable, uncountable)(computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
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(countable, uncountable)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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(countable, uncountable)Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset
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(countable, uncountable)A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
a flush of joy
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(countable, uncountable)(skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
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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.
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, …
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(poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To cause to take flight from concealment.
The dogs flushed the deer from the woods.
Đồng nghĩa: drive, flush out, scare up
- 2.
(intransitive)To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
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(transitive)To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
Flush the injury with plenty of water.
Đồng nghĩa: sluice
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(transitive)Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
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(intransitive)To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
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(transitive)To cause to blush.
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To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
to flush the meadows
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(transitive)To excite, inflame.
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(intransitive)(intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.
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(transitive)(transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
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(transitive)(transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
flush to disk
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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
Blood flushes into the face.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
- 2.
Wealthy or well off.
He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
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(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
Đồng nghĩa: forced, forced justified, force justified, justified
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Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
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Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)Suddenly and completely.
I landed flush on the couch.
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From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of origin. Compare dialectal flusk (to fly at, startle a bird out of the bush) and flusker (to flutter, fly irregularly). Perhaps related to flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English flowen guschen. Compare flutskje, flutschen, flutschen.