'Flush' definitions:

Definition of 'flush'

From: WordNet
adverb
Squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
adverb
In the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
adjective
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"
adjective
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]
noun
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]
noun
A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness]
noun
Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) [syn: hot flash, flush]
noun
A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
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" [syn: flush, gush, outpouring]
noun
Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) [syn: blush, flush]
verb
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]
verb
Flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
verb
Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
verb
Make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush, level, even out, even]
verb
Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour, purge]
verb
Irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn: sluice, flush]
verb
Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"

Definition of 'Flush'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
  • It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. [1913 Webster]
  • In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird. [1913 Webster]
  • Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flush'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
  • Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow. --Keats. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood. [1913 Webster]
  • How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging there! --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To excite; to animate; to stir. [1913 Webster]
  • Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. --Nares. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To cause to 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 1913 Suppl.]
  • To flush a joints (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flush'

From: GCIDE
  • Flush \Flush\, a.
  • 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. [1913 Webster]
  • With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. [1913 Webster]
  • Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flush'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Flush'

From: GCIDE
  • Flush \Flush\, n.
  • 1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. [1913 Webster]
  • In manner of a wave or flush. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. [1913 Webster]
  • The flush of angered shame. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. [From F. or Sp. flux. Cf. Flux.] A hand of cards, all of the same suit; -- especially significant in poker, where five cards of the same suit constitute a flush, which beats a straight but is beaten by a full house or four of a kind. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Flush'

From: GCIDE
  • Flush \Flush\, adv. So as to be level or even. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'flush'

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Words containing 'Flush'