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flush

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

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

noun

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

See flush in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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