different between hoist vs flush

English

Etymology

Alteration of hoise, apparently based on the past tense and participle. Compare Danish hejse, Dutch hijsen, German hissen, Italian issare, Sicilian jisari (loaned from a Germanic source).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??st/
• Hyphenation: hoist
• Rhymes: -??st

Verb

hoist (third-person singular simple present hoists, present participle hoisting, simple past and past participle hoisted or hoist)

1. (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:

     […] but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.

2. (transitive, sports, often figuratively) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
3. (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
4. (intransitive) To be lifted up.
5. (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
6. (transitive, slang) To steal.
7. (transitive, slang) To rob.

Usage notes

• "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard".

Derived terms

• hoist with one's own petard

Translations

Noun

hoist (plural hoists)

1. A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift.

   Give me a hoist over that wall.

3. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
4. The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
5. The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

Translations

References

• hoist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• histo, histo-, hoits, shito

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)

1. 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 […].

Verb

flush (third-person singular simple present flushes, present participle flushing, simple past and past participle flushed)

1. (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.

   The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.

2. (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)

1. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.

   Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.

2. Wealthy or well off.

   He just got a bonus so he's flush today.

3. (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
4. Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
5. 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.

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)

1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

   • in manner of a wave or flush

2. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

1. (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.

   Flush the injury with plenty of water.

2. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
3. (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.

4. (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?"

5. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.

   to flush the meadows

6. (transitive) To excite, inflame.
   • , "Against Long Extemporary Prayers"

     such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition

7. (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.

8. (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
9. 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

10. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
11. (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
12. (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.
13. (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
14. (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)

1. (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)

1. (poker) flush
2. (anglicism) flush (reddening of the face)
3. (anglicism, IT) emptying of the cache

Synonyms

• (poker): couleur

Derived terms

• flusher

Portuguese

Etymology

From English flush.

Noun

flush m (plural flushes)

1. (poker) flush (hand consisting of all cards with the same suit)