flush

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 flush³, 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 ¹

Verb

1. to blush or cause to blush

2. to send water quickly through (a pipe or a toilet) so as to clean it

3. to elate: she was flushed with excitement

Noun

1. a rosy colour, esp. in the cheeks

2. a sudden flow, such as of water

3. a feeling of elation: in the flush of victory

4. freshness: in the first flush of youth [perhaps from flush³]

flushed adj

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flush ²

Adjective

1. level with another surface

2. Informal having plenty of money

Adverb

so as to be level [probably from flush¹ (in the sense: spring out)]

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flush ³

Verb

to drive out of a hiding place [Middle English flusshen]

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flush ⁴

Noun

(in poker and similar games) a hand containing only one suit [Latin fluxus flux]

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Flush a flock of startled birds; a hand of cards of the same suit; a sudden growth of emotion.

Examples: flush of cards of the same suit; of emotion; of malard [rising from the water]; of plumbers—Lipton, 1970; of Wing Commanders.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flush - the period of greatest prosperity or productivity efflorescence, heyday, peak, prime, blossom, flower, bloom period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" golden age - a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema"
	2.	flush - a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health blush, rosiness, bloom good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
	3.	flush - sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) hot flash symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
	4.	flush - a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit poker hand - the 5 cards held in a game of poker
	5.	flush - the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" thrill, kick, boot, bang, rush, charge excitement, exhilaration - the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"
	6.	flush - a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" gush, outpouring flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) springtide - a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity"
	7.	flush - sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) blush inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Verb	1.	flush - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" blush, crimson, redden discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
	2.	flush - flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river" flush down, wash down - flow freely; "The body washed down the river" course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
	3.	flush - glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor" glow - emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden"
	4.	flush - make level or straight; "level the ground" even, even out, level change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface grade - level to the right gradient strickle, strike - smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" strickle - level off with a strickle in a measuring container; "strickle sand"
	5.	flush - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" scour, purge rinse, rinse off - wash off soap or remaining dirt
	6.	flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" sluice souse, soak, sop, dowse, drench, douse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
	7.	flush - cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows" irrigate, water - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" suffuse, perfuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" perfuse - force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution"
Adj.	1.	flush - of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor" even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"
	2.	flush - having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" affluent, wealthy, moneyed, loaded rich - possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"
Adv.	1.	flush - squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
	2.	flush - in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"

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flush ¹

verb 1. blush, colour, burn, flame, glow, crimson, redden, suffuse, turn red, go red, colour up, go as red as a beetroot

verb 2. cleanse, wash out, swab, rinse out, flood, drench, syringe, swill, hose down, douche

verb 3. expel, drive, eject, dislodge

noun 4. blush, colour, glow, reddening, redness, rosiness

noun 5. bloom, glow, vigour, freshness

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flush ²

adjective 1. level, even, true, flat, square, plane

adjective 2. (Informal) wealthy, rich, rolling (slang) well-off, in the money (informal) in funds, well-heeled (informal) replete, moneyed, well-supplied

adjective 3. affluent, liberal, generous, lavish, abundant, overflowing, plentiful, prodigal, full

adverb 4. level, even, touching, squarely, in contact, hard (against)

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flush ³

verb (often with out) drive out, force, dislodge, put to flight, start, discover, disturb, uncover, rouse

Translations

flush [flʌʃ] n (on face) → rubor m;

(fig) [of youth, beauty] → resplandor m

vt → limpiar con agua;

(also: flush out) [+ game, birds]; levantar;

(fig) [+ criminal]; poner al descubierto

vi → ruborizarse

adj flush with → a ras de;

to flush the toilet → tirar de la cadena (del wáter);

hot flushes (MED) → sofocos mpl

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flush [flʌʃ] n (on face) → rougeur f (fig) [of youth etc]; éclat m [of blood]; afflux m

vt → nettoyer à grande eau;

(also: flush out) → débusquer

vi → rougir

adj (inf) → en fonds (= level);

flush with → au ras de, de niveau avec;

to flush the toilet → tirer la chasse (d'eau);

hot flushes (Med) → bouffées fpl de chaleur

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flush [flʌʃ] n → Röte f (fig) (of beauty etc) → Blüte f

vt → (durch)spülen, (aus)spülen

vi → erröten

adj flush with → auf gleicher Ebene mit;

flush against → direkt an +dat;

in the first flush of youth → in der ersten Jugendblüte;

in the first flush of freedom → im ersten Freiheitstaumel;

hot flushes (Brit) → Hitzewallungen pl;

to flush the toilet → spülen, die Wasserspülung betätigen

flush out flush vt → aufstöbern

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flush [flʌʃ] n → rossore m;

(fig) → ebbrezza

vt → ripulire con un getto d'acqua;

(also: flush out) [+ birds]; far alzare in volo: [+ animals], (fig) [+ criminal]; stanare

vi → arrossire

adj flush with → a livello di, pari a;

flush against → aderente a;

hot flushes (MED) → vampate fpl di calore;

to flush the toilet → tirare l'acqua