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flush(7) (iou)



flush verb1. ME.
[Prob. imit. Perh. infl. by FLASH verb.]
verb intrans. Move rapidly, dart, spring; esp. (of a bird) fly up suddenly, start up. ME.
F. Norris With a startling rush of wings, a covey of quail flushed from the brush.
b. Of people: rush, swarm. LME-M17.
verb trans. Cause (esp. a gamebird) to fly or start up; put up. L15.
P. Scott A plan for flushing the tiger and driving it..on to the guns.
b. Reveal; bring into the open; drive out. M20.
R. H. Morrieson The enthralled hush..flushed a still sulking Herbert out of the bedroom.
verb intrans. & trans. (Cause to) spurt, rush out or flow with sudden violence. Now rare. M16.
verb intrans. Of blood: rush into and redden the face etc.; (of the face etc.) become red or hot, blush. L16.
Dryden What means..That blood, which flushes guilty in your face? H. James She thrilled, she consciously flushed, and all to turn pale again.
b. verb trans. Make red or ruddy; cause to blush or colour. Chiefly as flushed ppl adjective. L17.
W. Cowper Flushed with drunkenness.
verb intrans. & trans. (Cause to) glow with colour, light, etc. M17.
J. R. Lowell A meadow flushed with primroses.
verb trans. Inflame with pride or passion; encourage. Chiefly as flushed ppl adjective. M17.
Burke Flushed with the insolence of their first inglorious victories.
verb trans. Fatten up (sheep); stimulate (ewes) with a good diet in the breeding season. M18.
verb trans. Cleanse (a drain, lavatory, etc.) by a flow of water; dispose of anything thus (foll. by away, down). L18.
b. Flood (a meadow etc.). M19.
verb intrans. Of a plant: send out shoots. E19.
b. verb trans. Cause (a plant) to send out shoots. L19.
flusher noun (also
flusherman) a person employed to flush sewers M19.
flushing noun the action of the verb; an instance of this: LME.