flush
noun
- 1
A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
verb
- 1
To cause to take flight from concealment.
“The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.”
- 2
To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
“A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”
adjective
- 1
Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
“Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.”
- 2
Wealthy or well off.
“He just got a bonus so he's flush today.”
- 3
Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- 4
Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
- 5
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
noun
- 1
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- 2
Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- 3
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- 4
Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
“the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset”
- 5
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
“a flush of joy”
verb
- 1
To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
“Flush the injury with plenty of water.”
- 2
Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- 3
To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
“The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.”
- 4
To cause to blush.
- 5
To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
“to flush the meadows”
- 6
To excite, inflame.
- 7
(of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
“There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.”
- 8
To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
- 9
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
“Blood flushes into the face.”
- 10
To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- 11
To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- 12
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.
- 13
To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- 14
To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
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