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• flush — flush1 [flush] vi. [complex of several words, with senses FLASH & ME flusshen, to fly up suddenly, blended with echoic elements; “flow” senses < ? or akin to OFr fluir (stem fluiss ), to flow] 1. to flow and spread suddenly and rapidly 2. to… …   English World dictionary

• Flush (novel) — Flush is a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen first published in 2005, and set in Hiaasen s native Florida. It is his second young adult novel, after Hoot . The plot is similar to Hoot but it doesn t have the same cast.PlotThe story is told from… …   Wikipedia

• Flash — (fl[a^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed} (fl[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.] 1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flash in the pan — Flash Flash (fl[a^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed} (fl[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.] 1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Flash — (флеш; от англ. «вспышка», «сверкание»): Adobe Flash (ранее Macromedia Flash)  программный продукт, позволяющий разрабатывать интерактивные мультимедийные приложения. Flash  песня группы Queen из альбома «Flash Gordon» The Flash… …   Википедия

• Flush — Flush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flushing}.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.] 1. To flow and spread suddenly;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flush — flush1 flushable, adj. flusher, n. flushingly, adv. flushness, n. /flush/, n. 1. a blush; rosy glow: a flush of embarrassment on his face. 2. a rushing or overspreading flow, as of water …   Universalium

• flush — {{11}}flush (adj.) 1550s, perfect, faultless; c.1600, abundant; plentifully supplied (with money, etc.), perhaps from FLUSH (Cf. flush) (v.) through the notion of a river running full, hence level with its banks. Meaning even, level is from 1620s …   Etymology dictionary

• flush — I adj. flush with (flush with the ground) II n. 1) a hot flush (BE; AE has hot flash) 2) the first flush (of success) III v. (D; intr.) to flush with (to flush with pride) IV v. (d; tr.) ( to chase ) to flush from, out of (they were flushed from… …   Combinatory dictionary

• flash — I n. 1) an electronic flash (for a camera) 2) a hot flash (AE; BE has hot flush) 3) a news flash 4) in a flash ( quickly ) II v. 1) (usu. B; rarely A) ( to convey by light ) they flashed a signal to the crew 2) (D; tr.) ( to shine ) to flash at… …   Combinatory dictionary