flush
 I. flush1 (flŭsh)v. flushed, flush·ing, flush·esv. intr.
1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
2. To glow, especially with a reddish color:
The sky flushed pink at dawn.
3. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
4. To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.v. tr.
1. To cause to redden or glow.
2. To excite or elate:
The team was flushed with the success of victory.
3.
a. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water:
flush a toilet; flush a wound with iodine.
b. To remove or eliminate by or as if by flushing: “The weakness in demand and productivity will at least... flush out some of the inflation premium that has been built into interest rates” (Fortune). n.
1.
a. A flooding flow or rush, as of water.
b. The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.
2. A blush or glow: “here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud” (Willa Cather).
3.
a. A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
b. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
4. A rush of strong feeling:
a flush of pride.
5. A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom1.adj. flush·er, flush·est
1. Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
2. Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich.
3. Marked by abundance; plentiful:
flush times resulting from the oil boom.
4. Swelling; overflowing:
rivers flush with the spring rains.
5.
a. Having surfaces in the same plane; even.
b. Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together:
a sofa flush against the wall.
See Synonyms at level.
c. Printing. Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented.
6. Direct, straightforward, or solid:
knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.
7. Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing:
a flush toilet.adv.
1. So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.
2. Squarely or solidly:
The ball hit him flush on the face. [Probably from flush3 to dart out.] flushʹer n.flushʹness n. II. flush2 (flŭsh)n. Games
A hand in which all the cards are of the same suit but not in numerical sequence, ranked above a straight and below a full house in poker. [French flux, flus, from Old French flux, from Latin flūxus, flux. See flux.] III. flush3 (flŭsh)v. flushed, flush·ing, flush·esv. tr.
1. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
2. To drive or force into the open:
The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.v. intr.
To dart out or fly from cover.n.
A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover. [Middle English flusshen.]
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