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flush1 I. verb A. intranzitiv
1. (şi to flush forth / out / up) a ţâşni, a curge abundent.
2. (mai ales to flush up) a i se urca sângele în obraz; a se înroşi, a se îmbujora, a se congestiona la faţă.
3. (despre plante) a da muguri.
4. to flush over a deborda, a se revărsa.
flush1 I. verb B. tranzitiv
1. a inunda (un teren).
2. a spăla cu o coloană de apă (sub presiune).
3. a face să se înroşească (faţa); a face (pe cineva) să roşească; a colora.
4. (fig.) a înflăcăra, a exalta, a emoţiona.
5. a face să înmugurească sau să înfrunzească;
rain flushes the plants ploaia face să înmugurească plantele.
6. a egaliza, a pune pe acelaşi picior / pe acelaşi plan, a aduce la acelaşi numitor.
flush1 II. substantiv
1. undă; şuvoi; curent; coloană (de apă).
2. îmbujorare, roşeaţă, bujori, afluenţă de sânge (în obraz); acces (de febră).
3. emoţie, impresie (puternică); transport, elan.
4. (fig.) rază, izbucnire;
a flush of hope o rază de speranţă.
5. abundenţă, belşug;
a flush of orders o ploaie de comenzi.
6. roşeaţă (a cerului);
flush of morning auroră, zori.
7. floare (a vârstei), strălucire (a gloriei, a puterii);
to be in the first flush of youth a fi în prima strălucire a tinereţii.
8. înfrunzire, înmugurire.
9. (muz.) tril.
flush1 III. adjectiv
1. plin ochi, prea plin.
2. sub apă, inundat, potopit.
3. abundent, îmbelşugat;
( fam.) to be flush of money a fi doldora de bani, a fi în fonduri;
money is flush sunt bani berechet;
flush times epocă de prosperitate.
4. darnic, generos, risipitor.
5. (tehn. etc.) plan, plat, neted, fără proeminenţă;
flush joint îmbucătură netedă;
flush with the ground una cu pământul;
to make parts flush a aduce piesele la acelaşi nivel.
flush2 I. verb A. tranzitiv
a speria, a goni (vânatul); a zburătăci, a speria (un stol de păsări).
flush2 I. verb B. intranzitiv
a-şi lua zborul (brusc), a se ridica în aer.
flush2 II. substantiv
stol de păsări speriate.
flush3 substantiv
culoare (serie de cărţi de joc de aceeaşi culoare).
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
He flushed, and stammered, "That's right, and I only wish you'd correct me every time."
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
A solution or suspension used to bathe or flush open wounds or body cavities.
(Irrigant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
"So he is, dear old fellow!" said Laurie heartily, as Meg paused, looking flushed and earnest with her story.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
His face was flushed, and he was heavy from want of sleep and from wine.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As niacin induces the synthesis of PG D2, predominantly in the skin, administration of laropiprant may prevent niacin-induced vasodilation in the skin and facial flushing.
(Laropiprant, NCI Thesaurus)
“Why, this is the very thing, aunt!” said I, flushed with the possible dignity of living in chambers.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My fair lord, said Alleyne, with a flush on his weather-stained cheeks, the Lady Tiphaine may have spoken sooth when she said it; for Twynham Castle is in my heart by day and in my dreams by night.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"You must want your tea," said the good lady, as I joined her; "you ate so little at dinner. I am afraid," she continued, "you are not well to- day: you look flushed and feverish."
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
But though the conference had seemed full long to him, and though on looking at Fanny he saw rather a flush of vexation, he inclined to hope that so much could not have been said and listened to without some profit to the speaker.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)