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A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.2:
To cause to take flight from concealment.
To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
* W. Browne
smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
wealthy or well off.
(typography) Short for flush left and right ; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
* Shakespeare
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
* Arbuthnot
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
* Ray
Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
* Tennyson
Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
To cause to blush.
* John Gay
* Keats
* 1925 , Fruit of the Flower , by
To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
To excite, inflame.
* South
(of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
(computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
* Boyle
To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
* Milton
(masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
(poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
To briefly illuminate a scene.
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To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
To be visible briefly.
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(lb) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
*(Thomas Talfourd) (1795–1854)
*:names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles
*(Matthew Arnold) (1822-1888)
*:The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind.
* (1809-1892)
*:A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act.
To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
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To communicate quickly.
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(lb) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
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(lb) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
(lb) To perform a .
To move, or cause to move, suddenly
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, title= (lb) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
To trick up in a showy manner.
*(Antony Brewer) (fl.1655)
*:Limning and flashing it with various dyes.
To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:He rudely flashed the waves about.
(lb) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
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To evaporate suddenly. See (Flash evaporation).
To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
(figurative) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius.
* Shakespeare
* Wirt
(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics.
A very short amount of time.
* Francis Bacon
* 1876, , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ,
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
Material]] left around the edge of a [[mould, moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
(Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
(US, colloquial) A flashlight or electric torch.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 34:
A light used for photography - a shortened form of camera flash.
(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
(archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
* 1892 , Banjo Paterson,
(UK, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
(UK, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
(US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
A pool.
(engineering) 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.
Flash is a related term of flush.
In transitive terms the difference between flush and flash
is that flush is to excite, inflame while flash is to telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.As a proper noun Flash is
a popular multimedia platform, most often used for adding animation and interactivity to webpages.flush
English
(wikipedia flush)Etymology 1
(etyl)Noun
(es)- As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].
Verb
(es)- The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
- A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
- flushing from one spray unto another
Etymology 2
Same as according to the American Heritage DictionaryAdjective
(er)- Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
- He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
- With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.
- Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.
Synonyms
* (typography) double-clean, flush left and right, forced, forced justified, force justified, justifiedDerived terms
* flush left, flush right, flush left and rightEtymology 3
Probably from according to American Heritage DictionaryNoun
(es)- in manner of a wave or flush
- the flush of angered shame
- the flush''' on the side of a peach; the '''flush on the clouds at sunset
- a flush of joy
Verb
(es)- Flush the injury with plenty of water.
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
- Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
- Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, / Flushing his brow.
- "Who plants a seed begets a bud, -- Extract of that same root; -- Why marvel at the hectic blood -- That flushes this wild fruit?"
- to flush the meadows
- such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition
- There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing .
- Blood flushes into the face.
- the flushing noise of many waters
- In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed.
Usage notes
In sense “turn red with embarrassment”, (blush) is more common. More finely, in indicating the actual change, blush'' is more common – “He blushed with embarrassment” – but in indicating state, ''flushed is also common – “He was flushed with excitement”.Synonyms
* (turn red with embarrassment) blushEtymology 4
Probably from (etyl) , cognate with fluxNoun
(es)Derived terms
* busted flush * royal flush * straight flushflash
English
(wikipedia flash)Etymology 1
In some senses, from (etyl) flasshen, a variant of flasken, , related to (m).Verb
(es)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
West Ham 2-1 Birmingham, passage=But they survived some real pressure as David Murphy flashed a header inches wide of Rob Green's right-hand post
Synonyms
* (to briefly illuminate) glint * (telephoning) beepDerived terms
* flashback * flasher * flashforward * flashing * flashlight * flash upSee also
* gleamNoun
(es)- the flash and outbreak of a fiery mind
- No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy.
- The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash .
- Quick—something must be done! done in a flash , too! But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention.
- Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.
- I reached a flash out of my car pocket and went down-grade and looked at the car.
Synonyms
* gleam, glint * (material left around the edge of a mould) moulding flash, molding flashAntonyms
* (very short amount of time) aeonHypernyms
* lightDerived terms
* antiflash * camera flash * flashy * flashbulb * flash flood * flash in the pan * flash memory * flash photography * flash point * flashproof * in a flash * quick as a flashSee also
* sparkle, shimmer, glimmer, twinkleAdjective
(en adjective)- The barber man was small and flash , as barbers mostly are,
- He wore a strike-your-fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar;
References
* * For the sense ‘a short period of time’, the 1858 Notes and Queries of Martim de Albuquerque was consulted. From page 437 of the sixth volume of the second series, published in London by Bell & Dally, 186 Fleet Street, in 1858 : *: Ought we not to collect for posterity the various ways in which very short times are denoted. Besides the one at the head, there are, — in no time, in next to no time, in less than no time, in a trice, in a jiffy, in a brace of shakes, before you can say Jack Robinson, in a crack, in the squeezing of a lemon, in the doubling of your fist, in the twinkling of an eye, in a moment, in an instant, in a flash.Etymology 2
From (etyl) flasche, flaske; compare (etyl) flache, (etyl) flaque, which is of (etyl) origin, akin to Middle Dutch .Noun
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