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Flush means to blush or turn red, or to clean out by running water through to be cleaned.

(verb)

When you do something embarrassing and your face turns red and hot, this is an example of when you flush.
When you press the lever on the toilet to fill the bowl with water and wash away what is in the bowl, this is an example of when you flush.

The definition of a flush is a reddening of the face, or the rapid flow of liquid to cleanse something.

(noun)

When you are embarrassed and your cheeks turn red, this is an example of a flush.
When you clean out a jar by quickly running water through it over and over, this is an example of a flush.

Flush is defined as something even or level.

(adverb)

If you have to make sure that two adjacent counter surfaces are the exact same height, this is an example of a time when the surfaces can be described as flush.

See flush in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to flow and spread suddenly and rapidly
to become red in the face, as with embarrassment or anger; blush
to glow
to become cleaned, washed, or emptied out with a sudden flow of water, etc.
to start up from cover: said of birds

Origin: complex of several words, with senses flash & ME flusshen, to fly up suddenly, blended with echoic elements; “flow” senses < ? or akin to OFr fluir (stem fluiss-), to flow

transitive verb

to make flow
to clean, wash, or empty out with a sudden flow of water, etc.
to make blush or glow
to excite; animate; exhilarate: usually in the passive voice: flushed with victory
to drive (game birds) from cover
to make level or even

noun

a sudden and rapid flow, as of water in washing out something
a sudden, vigorous growth: the first flush of youth
a sudden feeling of excitement or exhilaration
a blush; glow
a sudden feeling of great heat, as in a fever

adjective

well supplied, esp. with money
abundant; plentiful
Dialectal lavish; profuse
Rare full of vigor
Rare having a ruddy color; glowing
1. making an even or unbroken line or surface; being even or on the same line or plane: a door flush with the walls
2. even with a margin or edge
direct; full

adverb

in an even manner; so as to be level or in alignment
directly; squarely: it hit him flush in the face

noun

a hand of cards all in the same suit: in poker, a flush ranks just above a straight and below a full house

Origin: Fr flux: see flux

See flush in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb flushed, flush·ing, flush·es

verb, intransitive

To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn.
To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.

verb, transitive

To cause to redden or glow.
To excite or elate: The team was flushed with the success of victory.
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).

noun

a. A flooding flow or rush, as of water.
b. The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.
A blush or glow: “here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud” (Willa Cather).
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.
A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride.
A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom¹.

adjective flush·er, flush·est

Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich.
Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom.
Swelling; overflowing: rivers flush with the spring rains.
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.
Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.
Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet.