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Definition of Flush

1. Adverb. Squarely or solidly. "Hit him flush in the face"

2. Noun. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.

3. Verb. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"

4. Adjective. Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane. "The bottom of the window is flush with the floor"

5. Verb. Flow freely. "The garbage flushed down the river"

6. Adjective. Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. "Wealthy corporations"

7. Noun. A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.

8. Adverb. In the same plane. "Set it flush with the top of the table"

9. Verb. Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light. "The sky flushed with rosy splendor"

10. Noun. Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders).

11. Verb. Make level or straight. "Level the ground"

12. Noun. A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit.

13. Verb. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid. "Purge the old gas tank"

14. Noun. The swift release of a store of affective force. "He does it for kicks"

15. Verb. Irrigate with water from a sluice. "Sluice the earth"

16. Noun. A sudden rapid flow (as of water). "She attacked him with an outpouring of words"

17. Verb. Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water. "Flush the meadows"

18. Noun. Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty).

Definition of Flush

1. v. i. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

2. v. t. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.

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

4. a. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.

5. adv. So as to be level or even.

6. v. t. To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.

7. v. i. 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.

Definition of Flush

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

2. Verb. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. ¹

3. Adjective. smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. ¹

4. Adjective. wealthy or well off. ¹

5. Adjective. (typography) Short for ''flush left and right''; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins. ¹

6. Noun. A cleansing with plenty of fluid. ¹

7. Noun. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet. ¹

8. Noun. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit. ¹

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

10. Verb. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To cause to blush. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To excite, inflame. ¹

14. Verb. (intransitive) (Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water. ¹

15. Verb. (intransitive) (Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flush

1. ruddy [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: ruddy

Medical Definition of Flush

1. Transient, episodic redness of the face and neck caused by certain diseases, ingestion of certain drugs or other substances, heat, emotional factors or physical exertion. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flush

flurothyl fluroxene flurr flurred flurried flurriedly flurries flurring flurrs flurry

flurrying flurt flurted flurting flus flush (current term) flush(p) flush-seamed flush down flush end

flush it flush out flush technique flush toilet flush toilets flushable flushboard flushboards flushed flusher

Literary usage of Flush

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Flash (A), in cards, means a whole hand of one suit, os a "flush of dubs," a ... flush of Money. Full of money. Similarly Л flush of water means a sudden ..."

2. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"1982b), it was concluded that fast flushing and slow flushing were somewhat different phenomena; consequently, analyses were performed in terms of no flush ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... made Madame Arnoux flush as if she had received a slap right across the face. "I tell you again, he is not here!" Then the Maréchale, who was looking ..."

4. The Separate System of Sewerage: Its Theory and Construction by Cady Staley, George Spencer Pierson (1891)
"The Lightning Automatic flush-Tank.—The operation of this flush-tank is as ... The requisites for an automatic flush-tank are: 1, Certainty of action; 2, ..."

5. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"HAVE JUST PUBLISHED • The Seventh Edition of THE flush TIMES OF аи ВТ JOSEPH ... "As a delineation of character and incident developed by the flush Times, ..."

6. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848)
"... and carries off Amelia in her the fiery chapters of which the reader a staff rent in twain by the flush, were all that remained of stout Will Steadfast. ..."

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