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flush¹ Definition

flush (flus̸h)

intransitive verb

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

Etymology: 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

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

noun

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

adjective

  1. well supplied, esp. with money
  2. abundant; plentiful
  3. Dialectal lavish; profuse
  4. Rare full of vigor
  5. 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
  6. direct; full

adverb

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

flush² Definition

flush (flus̸h)

noun

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

Etymology: Fr flux: see flux

flush Synonyms

flush

modif.

  1. Flat

    even, level, abutting; see contiguous, flat 1, level 2.

  2. Well-supplied, esp. with money

    prosperous, affluent, in the chips*; see plentiful 1, rich 1.

flush Synonyms

flush

n.

blush, glow, reddening, redness, rosiness, bloom, rubescence, warmth, heat, feverishness, radiance.

flush Synonyms

flush

v.

  1. To clean with a sudden flow of water

    rinse, rinse out, wash, wash out, sluice, irrigate, flood, spray, douse, empty out; see also clean, wash 1.

  2. To redden

    blush, color, crimson; see blush.

flush Usage Examples

Object

  • loo: Not flushing the loo hasn't helped all that much.
  • toilet: Six to nine liters of clean water are used every time we flush the toilet.
  • cheek: Reina put her hands on Aura's flushed cheek.
  • lavatory: We can count our blessings that we have flushing lavatories, soft toilet paper, baths and power showers today!
  • buffer: There's no equivalent to flush key buffer for mouse clicks.
  • fox: Under the ban imposed north of the border, hunts can use hounds to flush foxes from cover to be shot by waiting marksmen.

Adjective modifier

  • hot: Hot flushes How can I minimize my menopause misery?
  • calcareous: The moss Calliergon cuspidatum is characteristic of many calcareous flushes in the east midlands.

Modifies a noun

  • w.c.: Portable flush w.c. 200 gallons fresh water, instant water heater, solid fuel stove, 12v fridge.
  • wc: Bathroom With three piece suite in white comprising of low flush wc, pedestal washbasin and panel bath.
  • WC: Ensure that any refurbishment of the bathroom facilities include modern, low-volume flush WCs.
  • toilet: Why does no-one apart from me have a dual flush toilet here?
  • cistern: If you have a dual flush cistern, use the shorter flush whenever possible.
  • loo: The rooms and cabins are comfortable with showers and flush loos.

Used with adjective complement

  • bust: A busted flush ( was RE: Why can I never think of concise, relevant subject lines?

Adjective complement

  • crimson: The sky on the horizon should be flushed crimson, gradually shaded off, changing to blue at the top.

Particle object:

  • toxin: Follow your massage with a warm bath to flush out the toxins that have been pushed out from the cells with the massage.
  • fox: The dogs are used to flush out foxes which are then shot.

Particle object:

  • loo: One-third of water used in the home is flushed down the loo!
  • toilet: Are the rumors really true about first years getting their heads flushed down the toilet?
flush Quotes

   When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, Our father Adamsat under theTree and scratched with a stick in the mould; And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, Till the Devilwhispered behind theleaves,'It'spretty, but is it Art?'

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

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