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Plural of flush

regular plural

The plural of flush is flushes.

Forms of flush

Singularflush /ˈflʌʃ/
Pluralflushes /ˈflʌʃɪz/
Countablecountable

Flushes in a sentence

  • "Who plants a seed begets a bud, -- Extract of that same root; -- Why marvel at the hectic blood -- That flushes this wild fruit?"1925, Countee Cullen, Fruit of the Flower
  • Blood flushes into the face.
  • The illness flushes out an identity that might have remained hidden from neighbors, jobmates, family, friends.2013, Susan Sontag, chapter 3, in Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors, Penguin UK, →ISBN. From the entry jobmate
  • For most catchments, first flushes must be expected.2006, Zaini Ujang, M. Henze, Municipal Wastewater Management in Developing Countries, →ISBN. From the entry first flush
  • There will be no rocking back and forth on pigeon-toed feet, while my face flushes with the blood of a thousand timid bishies.2012 January 24, Andrew Hussie, Homestuck, archived from the original on 01 May 2022. From the entry bishie

Meaning of flush

  1. noun A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
  2. verb To cause to take flight from concealment.
  3. verb To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

Full definition of flush

Questions about the plural of flush

What is the plural of flush?
The plural of flush is flushes.
Is flush countable?
Flush is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flush (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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