flush
verb/flʌʃ/
/flʌʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flush | /flʌʃ/ /flʌʃ/ |
| he / she / it flushes | /ˈflʌʃɪz/ /ˈflʌʃɪz/ |
| past simple flushed | /flʌʃt/ /flʌʃt/ |
| past participle flushed | /flʌʃt/ /flʌʃt/ |
| -ing form flushing | /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/ /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of a person or their face) to become red, especially because you are embarrassed, angry or hot; to make somebody's face become red
- His face flushed with anger.
- + adj. Sam felt her cheeks flush red.
- flush something A rosy blush flushed her cheeks.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- He flushed scarlet with embarrassment.
- He made his excuses, flushing guiltily.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- a little
- slightly
- …
- in
- with
- flush red, scarlet, etc.
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- [intransitive, transitive] flush (something) when a toilet flushes or you flush it, water passes through it to clean it, after a handle, etc. has been pressed
- [transitive] to clean something by causing water to pass through it
- flush something out (with something) Flush the pipe out with clean water.
- flush something through something Flush clean water through the pipe.
- [transitive] flush something + adv./prep. to get rid of something with a sudden flow of water or other liquid
- They flushed the drugs down the toilet.
- Drinking lots of water will help to flush toxins out of the body.
- Gallons of toxic waste were flushed into the sea.
- [transitive] flush somebody/something + adv./prep. to force a person or an animal to leave the place where they are hiding
- They're trying to flush him out of hiding.
Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash and blush.
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