flushed

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.]

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, stoked Austral., N.Z. (informal)

adjective 2. blushing, red, hot, burning, embarrassed, glowing, rosy, crimson, feverish, ruddy, rubicund

Translations

flushed [flʌʃt] adj → ruborizado

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flushed [ˈflʌʃt] adj → (tout(e)) rouge

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flushed [flʌʃt] flush adj → rot

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flushed [flʌʃt] adj → tutto/a rosso/a