different between flush vs vigour
flush
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Middle English flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English blend of flowen (“to flow”) +? guschen (“to gush”). Compare with German flutschen.
Noun
flush (plural flushes)
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.2:
- As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.2:
Verb
flush (third-person singular simple present flushes, present participle flushing, simple past and past participle flushed)
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
- 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals
- flushing from one spray unto another
- 1972, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense, Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1973 (page 460)
- AWACS is survivable due to its ability to flush on warning, to maneuver at jet speeds, to maintain awareness of the developing air situation and to command weapons as appropriate, including weapons for its own defense.
Translations
Etymology 2
Same as Etymology 3, according to the American Heritage Dictionary.
Adjective
flush (comparative flusher, superlative flushest)
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
- Wealthy or well off.
- He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
- (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
Synonyms
- (typography): double-clean, flush left and right, forced, forced justified, force justified, justified
Derived terms
- flush left, flush right, flush left and right
Translations
Etymology 3
Probably from Etymology 1 according to the American Heritage Dictionary.
Noun
flush (plural flushes)
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- in manner of a wave or flush
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Madeline
- the flush of anger'd shame
- 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Madeline
- Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- a flush of joy
Translations
Verb
flush (third-person singular simple present flushes, present participle flushing, simple past and past participle flushed)
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- Flush the injury with plenty of water.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- 1872, The Argosy. Edited by Mrs. Henry Wood. Volume XIV. July to December, 1872, London, p. 60 (Google)
- She turned, laughing at the surprise, and flushing with pleasure.
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
- 1872, The Argosy. Edited by Mrs. Henry Wood. Volume XIV. July to December, 1872, London, p. 60 (Google)
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
- 1925, Fruit of the Flower, by Countee Cullen
- "Who plants a seed begets a bud, -- Extract of that same root; -- Why marvel at the hectic blood -- That flushes this wild fruit?"
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- to flush the meadows
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- , "Against Long Extemporary Prayers"
- such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition
- , "Against Long Extemporary Prayers"
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- Blood flushes into the face.
- '1545;, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches
- the flushing noise of many waters
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- (mining, intransitive) 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.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
Usage notes
In sense “turn red with embarrassment”, blush is more common. More finely, in indicating the actual change, blush is usual – “He blushed with embarrassment” – but in indicating state, flushed is also common – “He was flushed with excitement”.
Synonyms
- (turn red with embarrassment): blush
Translations
Etymology 4
Probably from Middle French flus (“flow”), cognate with flux.
Noun
flush (plural flushes)
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: flush
- ? Portuguese: flush
Translations
See also
French
Etymology
From English flush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flœ?/
Noun
flush m (plural flushs)
- (poker) flush
- (anglicism) flush (reddening of the face)
- (anglicism, IT) emptying of the cache
Synonyms
- (poker): couleur
Derived terms
- flusher
Portuguese
Etymology
From English flush.
Noun
flush m (plural flushes)
- (poker) flush (hand consisting of all cards with the same suit)
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vigour
English
Alternative forms
- vigor (US)
- vygour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English vigour, from Old French vigour, from vigor, from Latin vigor, from vigeo (“thrive, flourish”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?].
Related to vigil.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?v???/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Noun
vigour (countable and uncountable, plural vigours)
- Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- (biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
- A plant grows with vigour.
- Strength; efficacy; potency.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- But in the fruithful earth: there first receiv'd / His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
Usage notes
Vigour and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.
Derived terms
- envigorate
- vigorous
- hybrid vigor/hybrid vigour
Related terms
- vegetable
- vigil
Translations
Old French
Noun
vigour m (oblique plural vigours, nominative singular vigours, nominative plural vigour)
- Alternative form of vigur
vigour From the web:
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- vigorous activity
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