Aufscheuchen — meaning in English

English meaning

• flush verb To clean by flooding with water, especially a toilet.
• put up phrasal verb To build, erect or fix something in a raised position so that it can be seen or used.

Senses

Aufscheuchen is used for these senses in English:

• flush (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
• flush (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
• put up (hunting, transitive) To cause (wild game) to break cover.
• scare up To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover.

flush — full definition

1. verb To clean by flooding with water, especially a toilet.
2. verb To turn red in the face from embarrassment, heat, or emotion.
3. noun A reddening of the face caused by embarrassment, heat, or excitement.
4. adj Level or even with a surrounding surface.
5. noun In card games, a hand made up entirely of cards from the same suit.

put up — full definition

1. phrasal verb To build, erect or fix something in a raised position so that it can be seen or used.
2. phrasal verb To let someone stay in your home or pay for their accommodation for a short time.
3. phrasal verb To provide or offer something — money, resistance, an argument or a candidate.

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