flush

[flush]

When you empty something out with a liquid, you flush it. You might also be flush with cash, meaning you have a lot of it. Just don't flush that cash down the toilet!

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

Noun
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Noun
a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"

Noun
the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

Noun
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

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

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Noun
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

Noun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

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

Verb
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"

Verb
flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"

Verb
irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"

Verb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"

Verb
polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

Verb
make level or straight; "level the ground"

Adjective S.
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"

Adverb
squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"

Adverb
in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"

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

v. i.
To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.

v. i.
To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

v. i.
To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

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.

v. t.
To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.

v. t.
To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.

v. t.
To excite; to animate; to stir.

v. t.
To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.

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

n.
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

n.
Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.

n.
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.

n.
A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.

n.
A hand of cards of the same suit.

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

a.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.

a.
Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.

a.
Consisting of cards of one suit.

adv.
So as to be level or even.

Flush

Flush , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. 'fb84.] 1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
The flushing noise of many waters.
It flushes violently out of the cock.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush. 3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed.
4. To star up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
Flushing from one spray unto another.

Flush

Flush, v. t. 1. 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. 2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow.
3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging there!
4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition.
5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. Nares. To flush a joints (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.

Flush

Flush, n. 1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
In manner of a wave or flush.
2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
The flush of angered shame.
3. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset. 4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy. 5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed. 6. [From F. or Sp. flux. Cf. Flux.] A hand of cards of the same suit.

Flush

Flush, a. 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.
2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.
3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. 4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit. Flush bolt. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. -- Flush deck. (Naut.) See under Deck, n., 1. -- Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.

Flush

Flush , adv. So as to be level or even.

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

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.

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

Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.

So as to be level or even.

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Usage Examples

My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up.

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Other Usage Examples

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.