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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLUSH, v.i.
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
2. To come in haste; to start.
3. To appear suddenly, as redness or a blush.
A blush rose on their cheeks, flushing and fading like the changeful play of colors on a dolphin.
4. To become suddenly red; to glow; as, the cheeks flush.
5. To be gay, splendid or beautiful.
At once, arrayed in all the colors of the flushing year, the garden glows.
FLUSH, v.t.
1. To redden suddenly; to cause the blood to rush suddenly into the face.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
2. To elate; to elevate; to excite the spirits; to animate with joy; as, to flush with victory.
FLUSH, a.
1. Fresh, full of vigor; glowing; bright.
Flush as May.
2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.
3. Free to spend; liberal; prodigal. He is very flush with his money. This is a popular use of the word in America.
A flush deck, in seamen's language, is a deck without a half-deck or forecastle.
FLUSH, n.
1. A sudden flow of blood to the face; or more generally, the redness of face which proceeds from such an afflux of blood. Hectic constitutions are often known by a frequent flush in the cheeks.
2. Sudden impulse or excitement; sudden flow; as a flush of joy.
3. Bloom; growth; abundance.
4. A run of cards of the same suit.
5. A term for a number of ducks.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"
2: 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" [syn: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy] n
1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]
2: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness]
3: sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) [syn: hot flash, flush]
4: a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
5: 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" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
6: 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" [syn: flush, gush, outpouring]
7: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) [syn: blush, flush] v
1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: blush, crimson, flush, redden]
2: flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
3: glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
4: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush, level, even out, even]
5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour, purge]
6: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn: sluice, flush]
7: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows" adv
1: squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
2: in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English flusshen Date: 13th century intransitive verb to fly away suddenly transitive verb 1. to cause (as a bird) to flush 2. to expose or chase from a place of concealment <flushed the boys from their hiding place> II. noun Etymology: Middle French flus, fluz, from Latin fluxus flow, flux Date: circa 1529 1. a hand of playing cards all of the same suit; specifically a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence — see poker illustration 2. a series of three or more slalom gates set vertically on a slope III. noun Etymology: perhaps modification of Latin fluxus Date: 1529 1. a sudden flow (as of water); also a rinsing or cleansing with or as if with a flush of water 2. a. a sudden increase or expansion; especially sudden and usually abundant new plant growth <the spring flush of grass> b. a surge of emotion <felt a flush of anger at the insult> 3. a. a tinge of red ; blush b. a fresh and vigorous state <in the first flush of womanhood> 4. a transitory sensation of extreme heat — compare hot flash IV. verb Date: 1548 intransitive verb 1. to flow and spread suddenly and freely 2. a. to glow brightly b. blush 3. to produce new growth <the plants flush twice during the year> transitive verb 1. a. to cause to flow b. to pour liquid over or through; especially to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid <flush the toilet> <flush the lungs with air> 2. inflame, excite — usually used passively <flushed with pride> 3. to cause to blush V. adjective Date: circa 1568 1. a. of a ruddy healthy color b. full of life and vigor ; lusty 2. a. filled to overflowing b. affluent 3. readily available ; abundant 4. a. having or forming a continuous plane or unbroken surface <flush paneling> b. directly abutting or immediately adjacent: as (1) set even with an edge of a type page or column ; having no indention (2) arranged edge to edge so as to fit snugly • flushness noun VI. adverb Date: 1700 1. in a flush manner 2. squarely <hit him flush on the chin> VII. transitive verb Date: circa 1842 to make flush <flush the headings on a page>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a blush, redden (he flushed with embarrassment). b glow with a warm colour (sky flushed pink). 2 tr. (usu. as flushed adj.) cause to glow or blush (often foll. by with : flushed with pride). 3 tr. a cleanse (a drain, lavatory, etc.) by a rushing flow of water. b (often foll. by away, down) dispose of (an object) in this way (flushed away the cigarette). 4 intr. rush out, spurt. 5 tr. flood (the river flushed the meadow). 6 intr. (of a plant) throw out fresh shoots. --n. 1 a a blush. b a glow of light or colour. 2 a a rush of water. b the cleansing of a drain, lavatory, etc. by flushing. 3 a a rush of emotion. b the elation produced by a victory etc. (the flush of triumph). 4 sudden abundance. 5 freshness; vigour (in the first flush of womanhood). 6 a (also hot flush) a sudden feeling of heat during the menopause. b a feverish temperature. c facial redness, esp. caused by fever, alcohol, etc. 7 a fresh growth of grass etc. Derivatives: flusher n. Etymology: ME, perh. = FLUSH(4) infl. by flash and blush 2. adj. & v. --adj. 1 (often foll. by with) in the same plane; level; even (the sink is flush with the cooker; fitted it flush with the wall). 2 (usu. predic.) colloq. a having plenty of money. b (of money) abundant, plentiful. 3 full to overflowing; in flood. --v.tr. 1 make (surfaces) level. 2 fill in (a joint) level with a surface. Derivatives: flushness n. Etymology: prob. f. FLUSH(1) 3. n. a hand of cards all of one suit, esp. in poker. Phrases and idioms: royal flush a straight poker flush headed by an ace. straight flush a flush that is a numerical sequence. Etymology: OF flus, flux f. L fluxus FLUX 4. v. 1 tr. cause (esp. a game bird) to fly up. 2 intr. (of a bird) fly up and away. Phrases and idioms: flush out 1 reveal. 2 drive out. Etymology: ME, imit.: cf. fly, rush

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flush Flush, 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flush Flush, v. i. (Mining) (a) 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. (b) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. [root]84.] 1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle. It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer. 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. --Milton. 4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird. Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Gay. Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow. --Keats. 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! --Tennyson. 4. To excite; to animate; to stir. Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition. --South. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flush Flush, a. 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. --Shak. 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Ray. 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. --Tennyson. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(flushes, flushing, flushed) 1. If you flush, your face goes red because you are hot or ill, or because you are feeling a strong emotion such as embarrassment or anger. Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot?... He turned away embarrassed, his face flushing red. VERB: V, V colour • Flush is also a noun. There was a slight flush on his cheeks. N-COUNT • flushed Her face was flushed with anger. ADJ: oft ADJ with n 2. When someone flushes a toilet after using it, they fill the toilet bowl with water in order to clean it, usually by pressing a handle or pulling a chain. You can also say that a toilet flushes. She flushed the toilet and went back in the bedroom. ...the sound of the toilet flushing. VERB: V n, V • Flush is also a noun. He heard the flush of a toilet. N-COUNT: usu sing 3. If you flush something down the toilet, you get rid of it by putting it into the toilet bowl and flushing the toilet. He was found trying to flush banknotes down the toilet. VERB: V n down n 4. If you flush a part of your body, you clean it or make it healthier by using a large amount of liquid to get rid of dirt or harmful substances. Flush the eye with clean cold water for at least 15 minutes... = cleanse VERB: V n • Flush out means the same as flush. ...an 'alternative' therapy that gently flushes out the colon to remove toxins. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 5. If you flush dirt or a harmful substance out of a place, you get rid of it by using a large amount of liquid. That won't flush out all the sewage, but it should unclog some stinking drains. VERB: V n with out 6. If you flush people or animals out of a place where they are hiding, you find or capture them by forcing them to come out of that place. They flushed them out of their hiding places... The Guyana Defence Force is engaged in flushing out illegal Brazilian miners operating in the country. VERB: V n out of n, V n with out 7. If one object or surface is flush with another, they are at the same height or distance from something else, so that they form a single smooth surface. Make sure the tile is flush with the surrounding tiles. = level ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n 8. The flush of something is an intense feeling of excitement or pleasure that you have when you are experiencing it and for a short time afterwards. ...the first flush of young love. ...in the flush of victory. N-SING: N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Flow or rush suddenly, spread suddenly, start forth. 2. Glow, redden. II. v. a. 1. Redden, color, cause to glow. 2. Animate, elevate, elate, excite, erect, make proud. 3. Drench, flood, cleanse by flooding. III. a. 1. Glowing, bright, fresh, vigorous. 2. Prolific, exuberant, fecund, fertile, prodigal, lavish. 3. Level, even, plane, flat. IV. n. 1. Redness, ruddiness, rosiness, glow, bloom, blush. 2. Sudden impulse, thrill, shock.

Foolish Dictionary

From Grk. phlox, heat. A rush of color to the cheek, or hand, caused by bodily--or poker--heat.

Moby Thesaurus

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