Flush vs Pound - What's the difference?
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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.
(en noun) (sometimes pound after numerals)
Short for pound-force, a unit of force/weight.
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
* 28 July 2010 , Rachel Williams in The Guardian, Mothers who lose weight before further pregnancy ‘reduce risks’ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/28/mothers-lose-weight-reduce-risks?INTCMP=SRCH]
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (? 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
(US) The symbol (octothorpe, hash)
The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
* November 11 2012 , Carole Cadwalladr in the Observer, Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university? [http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/nov/11/online-free-learning-end-of-university?INTCMP=SRCH]
* 1860 , (George Eliot), The Mill on the Floss , Book 5, Chapter 6
Any of various units of currency used in Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland and Israel.
* Episode 4
Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
English plurals (unit of currency)
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A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
* 2002 , , 00:27:30:
A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
The part of a canal between two locks, and therefore at the same water level.
A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
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To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
* 1644 , (John Milton), (Areopagitica); A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England
(label) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
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(label) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
To eat or drink very quickly.
To pitch consistently to a certain location.
To beat strongly or throb.
To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
To advance heavily with measured steps.
* 1899 , (Joseph Conrad),
(label) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
(slang, dated) To wager a pound on.
*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 4:
*:Good-bye, my dear!' said Sleary. 'You'll make your fortun, I hope, and none of our poor folkth will ever trouble you, I'll pound it.
In transitive terms the difference between flush and pound
is that flush is to excite, inflame while pound is to crush to pieces; to pulverize.As an adjective flush
is smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.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 flushpound
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Swedish pund.Noun
- Research shows that retaining even one or two pounds after giving birth can make problems more likely in a subsequent pregnancy, experts said, with women who have several children facing a "slippery slope" if they continue to gain weight each time.
- For students in developing countries who can't get it any other way, or for students in the first world, who can but may choose not to. Pay thousands of pounds a year for your education? Or get it free online?
- "Only a hundred and ninety-three pound ," said Mr. Tulliver. "You've brought less o' late; but young fellows like to have their own way with their money. Though I didn't do as I liked before I was of age." He spoke with rather timid discontent.
- He glanced back through what he had read and, while feeling his water flow quietly, he envied kindly Mr Beaufoy who had written it and received payment of three pounds , thirteen and six.
- the Rhode Island pound'''; the New Hampshire '''pound
Usage notes
* Internationally, the "pound" has most commonly referred to the UK pound, £, (pound sterling). The other currencies were usually distinguished in some way, e.g., the "Irish pound" or the "punt". * In the vicinity of each other country calling its currency the pound among English speakers the local currency would be the "pound", with all others distinguished, e.g., the "British pound", the "Egyptian pound" etc. * The general plural of "pound" has usually been "pounds" (at least since Chaucer), but the continuing use of the Old English genitive or neuter "pound" as the plural after numerals (for both currency and weight) is common in some regions. It can be considered correct, or colloquial, depending on region. (English Citations of "pound")Synonyms
* lb * lb t * (UK unit of currency) , pound sterling, GBP, quid (colloquial), nicker (slang) * (Other units of currency) punt (the former Irish currency) * hash (UK), sharpDerived terms
* -pounder * * Amsterdam pound * avoirdupois pound * foot-pound * foot-pound-second * * metric pound * pack on the pounds * pink pound * pound cake * pound-foolish * pound-force * pound-for-pound * pound of flesh * pound shop * pound sign * take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves * ten pound pom * ten pound tourist * troy poundSee also
* * * (UK unit of currency) crown, farthing, florin, guinea, penny, pence, shilling, sovereign, sterlingEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Police officer to a dog owner) "He'd better stay calm or I'll have the pound come and get him."
Usage notes
* (Manx English) uses this word uncountably.Derived terms
* dog pound * impound * lobster poundVerb
(en verb)- And he who were pleasantly disposed, could not well avoid to liken it to the exploit of that gallant man, who thought to pound up the crows by shutting his park gate.
Etymology 3
From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from (etyl) pounen, from (etyl) , pynd, in relation to the hollow mortar for pounding with the pestle.Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete or dialectal)Verb
(en verb)- We pounded along, stopped, landed soldiers; went on, landed custom–house clerks to levy toll in what looked like a God–forsaken wilderness, with a tin shed and a flag–pole lost in it; landed more soldiers—to take care of the custom–house clerks, presumably.
