(v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
(v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
(v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
(v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
(v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.
(v. t.) To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
(v. t.) To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
(v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir.
(v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
(n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
(n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
(n.) Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.
(n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
(n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
(n.) A hand of cards of the same suit.
(a.) Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
(a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
(a.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
(a.) Consisting of cards of one suit.
(adv.) So as to be level or even.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is basically a large tank (the bigger the better) that collects rain from the house guttering and pumps it into the home, to be used for flushing the loo.
(2) The vasodilator effect of both calcium antagonists was responsible for side effects, of which the most common were flushing, edema, headache, and palpitations.
(3) No comparable differences in development were found in cultured embryos for which the media had been supplemented with flushings from the same progestational uterine stages as used for transfer.
(4) In short term clinical studies, the beneficial effects of transdermal estradiol on plasma gonadotrophins, maturation of the vaginal epithelium, metabolic parameters of bone resorption and menopausal symptoms (hot flushes, sleep disturbance, genitourinary discomfort and mood alteration) appear to be comparable to those of oral and subcutaneous estrogens, while the undesirable effects of oral estrogens on hepatic metabolism are avoided.
(5) Rabbit morulae and blastocysts were cultured in conventional culture media [Ham's F10 or BSM II supplemented with bovine serum albumin (BSA) or serum] or in Ham's medium supplemented with synchronous or asynchronous uterine flushings, mostly for 2 days, and afterwards investigated by light and electron microscopy and by autoradiography.
(6) Management of obstructive upper ureteral calculi by first flushing the lithiasis to renal cavity and secondary extracorporeal lithotripsy is proposed as a routine guide-line, especially when treatment by ESWL is not immediately available.
(7) A rapid and efficient method for obtaining murine bone marrow cells is described, which yields up to twice the amount of cells obtained by the conventional method of flushing through the bones.
(8) 31P NMR spectroscopy proved to be an excellent, dynamic, nondestructive method for assessing the liver during cold flush and pulsatile perfusion experiments.
(9) The simple method of retrograde flushing of spermatozoa from the epididymal cauda of slaughter bulls yielded an average of 2 x 10(9) spermatozoa from one cauda.
(10) Uterine horns were flushed in 5 cats 6-8 days after mating with expanded blastocysts being collected from 4 cats.
(11) This study suggests that a naloxone-sensitive opioid mechanism is not active in modulating luteinizing hormone secretion in the postmenopausal woman and that opioid receptor blockade is not effective in altering the frequency of menopausal flushes.
(12) Atracurium, metocurine and in particular d-tubocurarine have histamine-releasing properties and may cause flushing, hypotension and tachycardia.
(13) In 13 postorchidectomy patients who reported hot flushes we recorded cutaneous blood-flow and sweating by use of a laser-Doppler flowmeter and an evaporimeter.
(14) However, flushing the filters with carbenicillin or gentamicin killed the bacteria and caused the release of endotoxin into the filtrates.
(15) These results justify the use of UW solution by intraaortic flush especially during multi-organ procurement.
(16) Twelve grafts were flushed with and stored in Perfadex.
(17) The fillings were ground flush with the tooth surface and the teeth were cycled thermally between two dye solutions baths.
(18) On testing the peripheral vestibular apparatus of astronauts with healthy labyrinths, nystagmus was observed when flushing the ears with hot or cold water even in the absence of gravitation.
(19) Using methanesulfonic acid, hydrolysis of cytochrome c at 115 degrees C for 22 h yielded recoveries equal to or higher than hydrolysis at 115 degrees C for 70 h or at 150 degrees C for 22 h. Triple evacuation of the hydrolysis tube alternated with nitrogen flush gave recovery improvements over single evacuation.
(20) Lack of isozyme I is responsible for the "flush-syndrome" commonly observed in asian people following alcohol intake.
Plush
Definition:
(n.) A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
Example Sentences:
(1) The three rooms are plush and contemporary with tartan trim.
(2) The first-floor lounge is decorated in plush deep pink, with a mix of contemporary and neoclassical decor, and an antique dining table and chandelier.
(3) Customers at her plush boutique in central Cairo are offered a choice between chocolates coated with his face and others embossed with messages of adulation.
(4) We meet in a plush Mayfair hotel suite in the early evening, by which time he is sipping a cup of Starbuck's coffee, struggling to keep his eyes open but still unfailingly polite and professional.
(5) The pictures of the former president's plush compound – his vintage car collection and fancy pheasants, the private restaurant and golf course – have struck a chord in the same way the palaces of Ben Ali and the wealth of Hosni Mubarak angered the people of Tunisia and Egypt.
(6) Meanwhile the plush London offices of all his overlapping enterprises are right across from the US embassy in Grosvenor Square, as if to taunt critics who claim he is America's poodle.
(7) While in office, Bloomberg enthusiastically oversaw the rezoning of almost 40% of New York , a process that changed once-industrial areas into plush residential zones or parks, and created public spaces.
(8) And then smile calmly at her back as she switches on the kettle and enjoy the gentle sensation of a breeze wafting through your plush and generous under-arm hair.
(9) Mary, by email Well, plush tweeds and thick knits are absolutely essential.
(10) They sport new reports, plush offices and branded mineral water far more lavish than the departments that spawned them.
(11) Risdale to the rescue JMW Solicitors is staging its inaugural corporate recovery and insolvency conference on 15 September, to be held at a plush hotel in Manchester.
(12) During his time at the foreign ministry, in a plush building on the banks of the Nile, Moussa earned considerable respect.
(13) Quite why the College of Social Work decided to stage its long-awaited official launch in the plush London premises of the Institute of Directors is an intriguing question.
(14) There is luxury marble tiling and plush sofas, and a sign on the door alerts residents to the fact that the concierge is available.
(15) Even a fox surprising you by your front door has this ephemeral effect.” Bamba Issa still exists, at least in name, but today it’s a plush-looking beachside restaurant , where inevitable systematic exploitation goes unaddressed.
(16) She's dragged herself from unloved brat to brass to millionaire (via some dead husbands, but let's be real, a good few Guardian readers would do the same if a plush three-bed Victorian terrace was their prize).
(17) They're both suited, booted and sitting in plush red armchairs.
(18) The neat and tidy doubles have tasteful plush chocolate-coloured furnishings and polished wooden floors, while the more spacious deluxe rooms with wooden beams come with fireplaces and balconies with street views.
(19) The plush mansion is in the Hancock Park district, just a few miles from the A-list havens of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills.
(20) A sequel to The Stud, The Bitch continues the story of Fontaine Khaled, who has "an Arab millionaire among her yesterdays and hard-gambling Nico for all her tomorrows", as she "calls the shots from her plush limos and black satin sheets".