flush

flush
flush [flʌ∫]
1. noun
   a. ( = blush) rougeur f
• hot flushes bouffées fpl de chaleur
   b. she's not in the first flush of youth elle n'est pas de la première jeunesse
   c. [of lavatory] chasse f (d'eau)
2. adjective
au ras (with de)
• flush with the ground à ras de terre
3. intransitive verb
[face, person] rougir
• to flush with shame rougir de honte
4. transitive verb
• to flush the toilet tirer la chasse (d'eau)
• to flush sth down the toilet faire passer qch dans les toilettes
► flush out
1. separable transitive verb
(with water) nettoyer à grande eau
2. inseparable transitive verb
• they flushed them out of their hiding places ils les ont fait sortir de leur cachette
• they tried to flush out illegal workers operating in the country ils ont fait la chasse aux travailleurs clandestins opérant dans le pays
* * *
[flʌʃ] 1.
noun
1) (blush) (on skin) rougeur f
2) (surge)

a flush of — un élan de [pleasure, pride]; un accès de [anger, shame]

to be in the first flush of youth — être de la première jeunesse

3) (toilet device) chasse f d'eau; (sound) bruit m de la chasse d'eau
4) Games (set) floche f
2.
adjective
1) (level)

to be flush with — être dans l'alignement de [wall]

2) (colloq) (rich)

to feel flush — se sentir en fonds

3.
transitive verb
1) (clean with water)

to flush the toilet — tirer la chasse (d'eau)

to flush (out) a pipe — nettoyer un tuyau à grande eau

2) (colour)

to flush somebody's cheeks — empourprer les joues de quelqu'un

4.
intransitive verb
1) (redden) rougir (with de)
2) (operate)

the toilet doesn't flush — la chasse d'eau ne fonctionne pas

Phrasal Verbs:

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