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flush ¹  (flsh)

v. flushed, flush·ing, flush·es

v.intr.

1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.

2. To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn.

3. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.

4. To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.

v.tr.

1. To cause to redden or glow.

2. To excite or elate: The team was flushed with the success of victory.

3.

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).

n.

1.

a. A flooding flow or rush, as of water.

b. The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.

2. A blush or glow: "here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud" (Willa Cather).

3.

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.

4. A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride.

5. A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom¹.

adj. flush·er, flush·est

1. Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.

2. Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich.

3. Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom.

4. Swelling; overflowing: rivers flush with the spring rains.

5.

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.

6. Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.

7. Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet.

adv.

1. So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.

2. Squarely or solidly: The ball hit him flush on the face.

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[Probably from flush, to dart out.]

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flusher n.

flushness n.

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flush ²  (flsh)

n. Games

A hand in which all the cards are of the same suit but not in numerical sequence, ranked above a straight and below a full house in poker.

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[French flux, flus, from Old French flux, from Latin flxus, flux; see flux.]

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flush ³  (flsh)

v. flushed, flush·ing, flush·es

v.tr.

1. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.

2. To drive or force into the open: The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.

v.intr.

To dart out or fly from cover.

n.

A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.

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[Middle English flusshen.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	flushed - having the pinkish flush of health rose-cheeked, rosy-cheeked, rosy healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"
	2.	flushed - (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" red-faced, reddened, crimson, red colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

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flushed

adjective

1. (often with with) exhilarated, excited, aroused, elated, high (informal), inspired, thrilled, animated, enthused, intoxicated She was flushed with the success of the venture.

2. blushing, red, hot, burning, embarrassed, glowing, rosy, crimson, feverish, ruddy, rubicund Young girls with flushed faces pass by.

Translations

flushed [flʌʃt] ADJ

1. (= red) [face, cheeks] → colorado, rojo
she arrived looking flushed → llegó colorada
to be flushed from alcohol/sleep → estar colorado por el alcohol/de haber dormido
to be flushed with anger → estar rojo de ira
to be flushed with embarrassment → estar rojo de vergüenza → estar sonrojado

2. (= excited) to be flushed with success → estar eufórico por el éxito
to be flushed with excitement → estar arrebatado de entusiasmo
to be flushed with victory → estar eufórico por el triunfo

3. (= tinged) white flowers flushed with pink → flores fpl blancas teñidas de rosa

flushed [ˈflʌʃt] adj

(= red) [person] → (tout(e)) rouge
flushed with anger → rouge de colère
Her face was flushed with anger → Elle était rouge de colère.

flushed with success → grisé(e) par le succès

flushed

adj (= red) face, cheeks → rot, gerötet; to be flushed (person) → rot im Gesicht sein; she arrived flushed → sie kam mit einem roten Kopf an; if your child is flushed and feverish → wenn Ihr Kind rot aussieht und Fieber hat; flushed with excitement/embarrassment/anger → rot vor Aufregung/Verlegenheit/Wut; to be flushed with success/happiness → über seinen Erfolg/vor Glück strahlen; white flowers flushed with pink → weiße, stellenweise rosa getönte Blüten

flushed [flʌʃt] adj → tutto/a rosso/a