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# flush

«flush» in Mova's school dictionary: **to clean it by making water rush through it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (flush, flushes, flushed, flushing); noun (a flush, flushes); adjective (flush)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To flush a toilet is to clean it by making water rush through it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#m1)

2) To flush something is to clean or empty it with a lot of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#m2)

3) To flush is to go red in the face, from heat, embarrassment or being upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#m3)

4) A flush is a red colour in the face, or the rush of water in a toilet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#m4)

5) Flush (adjective) means exactly level with another surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#m5)

6) To flush an animal or person out is to make them come out of hiding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In hygiene lessons: flush the toilet after using it, close the lid first to stop germs spraying, then wash your hands; only flush toilet paper, never wipes, toys or cotton buds, which block pipes. In stories, a character who flushes is embarrassed or angry. In building or craft, «flush» means level. Phrases: «flush the toilet», «flush away», «flush out», «her face flushed», «flush with».

### examples

- Always flush the toilet and wash your hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x1)
- Don't flush wet wipes; they block the pipes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x2)
- Close the lid before you flush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x3)
- His cheeks flushed when everyone clapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x4)
- The doctor flushed out the cut with clean water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x5)
- The shelf must be flush with the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x6)
- The dog flushed a rabbit out of the bush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x7)
- A flush of pride spread over her face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x8)
- She flew in excitedly, her face flushed and her dress stained with mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/#x9)

### note

Third person «flushes», past «flushed». «Flushed» as an adjective means red-faced. Do not confuse with «blush», which is going red only from embarrassment; «flush» can be from heat, fever or feeling too.

### In the corpora

- [After the toilet you flush, close the lid if there is one and wash your hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/12/)
- [Only toilet paper is flushed, and only as much as needed, because wipes, toys and too much paper block the pipes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/13/)
- [If the toilet is blocked, stop flushing, because flushing again makes it overflow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/10/)
- ["Mate, in Australia the toilet flushes the OTHER way round.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land/0/)
- [Flushing a dead fish can spread illness to wild fish, and many families prefer to bury a pet in the garden.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flush» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flush/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.