flash
/flæʃ/ noun B2- A pool of water, in some areas especially one that is marshy, and/or one formed by subsidence of the ground due to mining. (Compare flush (“marsh; pool”).)
- A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
Plural flashes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
When we got into the train at Charlottetown and the red roads began to flash past I asked Mrs.
The smell of hot metal remained to assure us that the light was still there, ready to flash out at a moment’s notice.
He did not move at the sound of the door, and continued his calculations until the flash of the torches lighted up with an unwonted glare the sombre walls of his cell; then, raising his head, he perceived with astonishment the number of persons present.
Then, when I flash a light upon them, close in swiftly.
Other matches
- flash Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously. B1
- flash To cause to shine briefly or intermittently. B2
- flash A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. C2
- flash around To make an ostentatious show of
- flash back To recall or remember something
- flash forward To move forward in time.
- flash over To undergo flashing
- flash up To appear suddenly on a screen.
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