[{"word":"flushes","phonetic":"/ˈflʌʃɪz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈflʌʃɪz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cause to take flight from concealment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake."},{"definition":"To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset"},{"definition":"A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a flush of joy"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Flush the injury with plenty of water."},{"definition":"Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion."},{"definition":"To cause to blush.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to flush the meadows"},{"definition":"To excite, inflame.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing."},{"definition":"To clear (a buffer) of its contents.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Blood flushes into the face."},{"definition":"To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["blush"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flush","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flushes"]}]