flush
/ˈflʌʃ/ verb C2- To cause to take flight from concealment. · The dogs flushed the deer from the woods.
- To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. · A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
He/she/it flushes · Past flushed · Past participle flushed · -ing form flushing
Verb forms
- Base form
- flush
- He/she/it
- flushes
- Past
- flushed
- Past participle
- flushed
- -ing form
- flushing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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As Danglars approached the disappointed lover, he cast on him a look of deep meaning, while Fernand, as he slowly paced behind the happy pair, who seemed, in their own unmixed content, to have entirely forgotten that such a being as himself existed, was pale and abstracted; occasionally, however, a deep flush would overspread his countenance, and a nervous contraction distort his features, while, with an agitated and restless gaze, he would glance in the direction of Marseilles, like one who either anticipated or foresaw some great and important event.
Then she flushed and exclaimed:
My companion flushed up with pleasure at my words, and the earnest way in which I uttered them.
The former had flushed up to the roots of his flaxen hair, while the other’s beady eyes glistened with curiosity and resentment.
Other matches
- flush A group of birds that have suddenly started up ... C1
- flush To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities... C2
- flush A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire C2
- flush A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit. C2
- flush A sudden flowing C2
- flush Smooth, even, aligned C2
- flush Suddenly and completely. C2
- flush out To drive out or expose something or someone, as...
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