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flush

Best crossword clue

"Level with a surface"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈflʌʃ/Part of speech adverb, verb, noun, adjectiveSorted fhlsuStarts with FEnds with H2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. squarely or solidly

Word origin

From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal flusk (“to fly at, startle a bird out of the bush”) and flusker (“to flutter, fly irregularly”). Perhaps related to Middle English flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English blend of flowen (“to flow”) + guschen (“to gush”). Compare Saterland Frisian flutskje, German Low German flutschen, German flutschen.

Used in a sentence

  • “As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].”
  • “The dogs flushed the deer from the woods.”
  • “A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Level with a surface”5 letters
02“Even with a surface”5 letters

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