flush
flush (flus̸h)
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
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
- 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
- making an even or unbroken line or surface; being even or on the same line or plane a door flush with the walls
- 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
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
modif.
Flat
even, level, abutting; see contiguous, flat 1, level 2.Well-supplied, esp. with money
prosperous, affluent, in the chips*; see plentiful 1, rich 1.
flush
n.
flush
v.
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:
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?'
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