flush
1- a blush; rosy glow: a flush of embarrassment on his face.
- a rushing or overspreading flow, as of water.
- a sudden rise of emotion or excitement: a flush of anger.
- glowing freshness or vigor: the flush of youth.
- hot flush. hot flash.
- a cleansing preparation that acts by flushing: an oil flush for the car's engine.
- to redden; cause to blush or glow: Winter air flushed the children's cheeks.
- to flood or spray thoroughly with water, as for cleansing purposes: They flushed the wall with water and then scrubbed it down.
- to wash out (a sewer, toilet, etc.) by a sudden rush of water.
- Metallurgy.
- to remove slag from (a blast furnace).
- to spray (a coke oven) to cool the gases generated and wash away the ammonia and tars distilled.
- to animate or excite; inflame: flushed with success.
- to blush; redden.
- to flow with a rush; flow and spread suddenly.
- to operate by flushing; undergo flushing: The toilet won't flush.
Origin of flush
1Synonyms for flush
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2- even or level, as with a surface; forming the same plane: The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
- having direct contact; being right next to; immediately adjacent; contiguous: The table was flush against the wall.
- well-supplied, as with money; affluent; prosperous: He was feeling flush on payday.
- abundant or plentiful, as money.
- having a ruddy or reddish color; blushing.
- full of vigor; lusty.
- full to overflowing.
- Printing. even or level with the right margin (flush right) or the left margin (flush left) of the type page; without an indention.
- on the same level; in a straight line; without a change of plane: to be made flush with the top of the table.
- in direct contact; squarely: It was set flush against the edge.
- to make flush or even.
- to improve the nutrition of (a ewe) to bring on optimum physiological conditions for breeding.
- to send out shoots, as plants in spring.
- a fresh growth, as of shoots and leaves.
Origin of flush
2flush
3- to rouse and cause to start up or fly off: to flush a woodcock.
- to fly out or start up suddenly.
- a flushed bird or flock of birds.
Origin of flush
3flush
4- consisting entirely of cards of one suit: a flush hand.
- a hand or set of cards all of one suit.Compare royal flush, straight flush.
- Pinochle. a meld of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the trump suit.Compare marriage(def 9), royal marriage.
Origin of flush
4Related Words for flush
well-off, burn, suffuse, glow, drench, wash, cleanse, rinse, expel, even, square, level, smooth, plane, horizontal, true, full, liberal, affluent, lavishExamples from the Web for flush
Contemporary Examples of flush
He was in the bathroom, perhaps trying to flush some pot down the toilet, when a cop burst in.
The conservative ranks are so flush with outsiders and fringe groups that they end up tripping over one another.
Where now the outdoor café tables are, right there, buses used to pull up and flush their air-brakes.
We want to see where it goes, and just flush it out a little more.
The goal was not for the Burmese to capture him, but simply to flush him out.
Historical Examples of flush
There the flush and bloom of newness were oppressive to the right-minded.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
The fingers that held the petal tingled, and a flush rose in her cheek.
VivietteWilliam J. Locke
The flush of his own heavy meal kept his pallor from showing.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
You are all in a flush, now, and have lain down this sheet and said aloud: 'What an idea!
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
"It is something about which I have not thought at all," said Gracie, her pretty face all in a flush.
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
flush
1- to blush or cause to blush
- to flow or flood or cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- to glow or shine or cause to glow or shine with a rosy colour
- to send a volume of water quickly through (a pipe, channel, etc) or into (a toilet) for the purpose of cleansing, emptying, etc
- to cause (soluble substances in the soil) to be washed towards the surface, as by the action of underground springs, or (of such substances) to be washed towards the soil surface
- (tr; usually passive) to excite or elate
- a rosy colour, esp in the cheeks; blush
- a sudden flow or gush, as of water
- a feeling of excitement or elationthe flush of success
- early bloom; freshnessthe flush of youth
- redness of the skin, esp of the face, as from the effects of a fever, alcohol, etc
- ecology an area of boggy land fed by ground water
- having a ruddy or heightened colour
Word Origin for flush
flush
2- level or even with another surface
- directly adjacent; continuous
- informal having plenty of money
- informal abundant or plentiful, as money
- full of vigour
- full to the brim or to the point of overflowing
- printing having an even margin, right or left, with no indentations
- (of a blow) accurately delivered
- (of a vessel) having no superstructure built above the flat level of the deck
- so as to be level or even
- directly or squarely
- to cause (surfaces) to be on the same level or in the same plane
- to enrich the diet of (an ewe) during the breeding season
- a period of fresh growth of leaves, shoots, etc
Word Origin for flush
flush
3- (tr) to rouse (game, wild creatures, etc) and put to flight
Word Origin for flush
flush
4- (in poker and similar games) a hand containing only one suit
Word Origin for flush
Word Origin and History for flush
"fly up suddenly," c.1300, perhaps imitative of the sound of beating wings, or related to flash via its variant flushe. Probably not connected to Old French flux, source of flush (n.).
Transitive meaning "to cause to fly, start" is first attested mid-15c. The sense of "spurt, rush out suddenly, flow with force" (1540s) is probably the same word, with the connecting notion being "sudden movement," but its senses seem more to fit the older ones of flash (now all transferred to this word except in flash flood). Meaning "cleanse a drain, etc., with a rush of water" is from 1789. The noun sense of "sudden redness in the face" (1620s) probably belongs here, too. The verb in this sense is from 1660s. "A very puzzling word" [Weekley]. Related: Flushed; flushing.
1550s, "perfect, faultless;" c.1600, "abundant; plentifully supplied (with money, etc.)," perhaps from flush (v.) through the notion of a river running full, hence level with its banks. Meaning "even, level" is from 1620s.
"hand of cards all of one suit," 1520s, perhaps from Middle French flus (15c.), from Old French flux "a flowing," with the sense of "a run" (of cards), from Latin fluxus "flux," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent). The form in English probably was influenced by flush (v.).
flush
(flŭsh)- To turn red, as from fever, heat, or strong emotion; blush.
- To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water.
- An act of cleansing or rinsing with a flow of water.
- A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
- A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
- Having surfaces in the same plane; even.