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Meaning of 'flush' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flush [ a.]
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
- Consisting of cards of one suit.
2 . Flush [ adv.]
- So as to be level or even.
3 . Flush [ n.]
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- 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.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
- A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
- A hand of cards of the same suit.
4 . Flush [ v. i.]
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
- To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
- To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
5 . Flush [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
- To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
- To excite; to animate; to stir.
- To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.

Meaning of 'flush' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flush [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the swift release of a store of affective force
Example in sentence:
  • he does it for kicks;
  • he got a quick rush from injecting heroin;
  • they got a great bang out of it;
  • what a boot!
Meaning (2):
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
Example in sentence:
  • he heard the flush of a toilet;
  • she attacked him with an outpouring of words;
  • there was a little gush of blood
3 . flush [ v]
Meaning (3):
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
Example in sentence:
  • flush the meadows
Meaning (4):
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • flush the wound with antibiotics;
  • purge the old gas tank
Meaning (5):
- make level or straight
Example in sentence:
  • level the ground
Meaning (6):
- irrigate with water from a sluice
Example in sentence:
  • sluice the earth
Meaning (7):
- flow freely
Example in sentence:
  • The body washed down the river;
  • The garbage flushed down the river
Meaning (8):
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Example in sentence:
  • The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
Meaning (9):
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
Example in sentence:
  • the sky flushed with rosy splendor
10 . flush [ r]
Meaning (10):
- squarely or solidly
Example in sentence:
  • hit him flush in the face
Meaning (11):
- in the same plane
Example in sentence:
  • set it flush with the top of the table
12 . flush [ s]
Meaning (12):
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
Example in sentence:
  • a door flush with the wall;
  • the bottom of the window is flush with the floor
Meaning (13):
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Example in sentence:
  • a speculator flush with cash;
  • a substantial family;
  • an affluent banker;
  • moneyed aristocrats;
  • not merely rich but loaded;
  • wealthy corporations

Nearby Words:

fluate fluavil flucan fluctiferous fluctisonous fluctuability fluctuant fluctuate fluctuated fluctuating

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