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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 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

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

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

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

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flush

n flush [flaʃ]

1 a flow of blood to the face, making it red A slow flush covered her face. gloed; blos إحْمِرار، تَوَرُّد руменина ruměnec rødme das Erröten αναψοκοκκίνισμα, ξάναμμα rubor puna(stus) برافروختگی punastus rougeur הַסמָקָה लालिमा, आवेग rumenilo, navala krvi u lice elvörösödés memerah roði rossore 紅潮 (얼굴의) 홍조 nukaitimas, raudonis pietvīkums pam blos rødme, rødming wypieki, rumieniec rubor roşeaţă румянец červeň rdečica rumenilo rodnad หน้าแดง kızarma 紅暈 прилив крові; рум'янець چہرہ تمتما اٹھنا sự hồng hào; sự đỏ mặt 红晕

2 (the device that works) a rush of water which cleans a toilet a flush toilet. spoeltoilet; spoellatrine تَدَفُّق المياه لغَسْل المِرْحاض промиване splachování udskylnings- die Spülung καζανάκι cisterna loputus(kast) سیفون؛ فلاش huuhtelu chasse (d'eau) שֶׁטֶף पानी बहाना, नया विकास zahod s tekućom vodom öblítés; vécé sentoran skolun getto/flusso d'acqua 水洗設備 (변기의) 물이 쓸려 내려감 vandens nuleidimo įtaisas, nuleidimas ūdens klozets flash waterspoeling nedskylling spłuczka, spłukanie descarga jet de apă спуск воды splachovanie splakovalnik kazanče spolning การกดชักโครก bol su; tuvalet sifonu 沖洗 змивання پانی کا ریلا چھوڑ کر صاف کرنے کا عمل sự dội nước (nhà cầu) 冲洗

v

1 to become red in the face She flushed with embarrassment. bloos; gebloos يَحْمَر، يَتَوَرَّد изчервявам се zrudnout blive rød i hovedet; rødme erröten αναψοκοκκινίζω ruborizar, sonrojar punastama سرخ شدن punastua rougir לְהַסמִיק गाल पर लाली छाना zarumeniti se, natjerati krv u lice elpirul memerah roðna arrossire 紅潮する 얼굴을 붉히다 užkaisti, nurausti pietvīkt muka menjadi merah blozen rødme, bli rød (za)rumienić się corar a se înroşi краснеть očervenieť zardeti zarumeniti se rodna ทำให้หน้าแดง kızarmak 臉發紅 червоніти چہرہ تمتما اٹھنا ửng đỏ 脸发红

2 to clean by a rush of water to flush a toilet. spoel; 'n toilet spoel يَغْسِل المِرْحاض، يَسْحَب السيفون промивам spláchnout skylle ud; skylle (aus)spülen τραβώ το καζανάκι tirar de la cadena loputama فلاش کردن huuhtoa tirer la chasse (d'eau) לְהוֹרִיד מָיִם पानी से बहाना povuci vodu (u zahodu) öblít (vécét) menyentor sturta, skola pulire (con un getto d'acqua) 水洗する 변기의 물을 내리다 nuplauti vandens srove nolaist ūdeni tualetē mengepam doorspoelen skylle ned spłukiwać puxar o autoclismo a trage apa спускать воду spláchnuť splakniti isprati spola กดชักโครก bol suyla temizlemek (用水)衝洗 змивати پانی کے ریلے سے صاف کرنا dội nước （用水）冲洗

3 (usually with out) to cause (an animal etc) to leave a hiding place The police flushed out the criminal. uitja; uitgejaag; opgeskrik يُجَفِّل الطَّير من مَخْبَئِهِ изкарвам vyplašit jage aufstöbern αναγκάζω κπ. να εγκαταλείψει την κρυψώνα του hacer salir, desalojar välja ajama تاراندن savustaa ulos débusquer לְהָרחִיק בִּשטִיפָה किसी जानवर इत्यादि को उसके छिपने की जगह से भगाना istjerati iz skrovišta, otkriti kiugraszt memaksa keluar hrekja úr fylgsni stanare 追い出す 찾아서 내몰다, 색출하다 išrūkyti izdzīt (no paslēptuves) memaksa keluar verjagen jage ut/opp płoszyć levantar a scoate din ascunziş выманивать vyplašiť izbezati isterati skrämma upp, jaga ut (fram) ทำให้ตื่นตกใจ saklandığı yerden çıkarmak 逐出 полохати ڈھونڈ کر باہر نکالنا xua 逐出

adj flushed

red in the face You look very flushed. bloesend مُحْمَر الوَجْه، مُتَوَرِّد، مُحْتَقِن зачервен zardělý rødmende rot αναψοκοκκινισμένος sonrojado punane بر افروخته punainen rouge סָמוּק परिपूर्ण, समतल, बहुतायत crven u licu, rumen (ki)pirult memerah rjóður rosso 紅潮した 홍조를 띤 nukaitęs, išraudęs pietvīcis muka merah rood rød i toppen zarumieniony corado îmbujorat румяный zapýrený zardel rumen [] röd หน้าแดง yüzü kızarmış 臉色紅潤的 почервонілий سرخ رو đầy xúc động 脸色红润的

(in) the first flush of

(in) the early stages of (something) when a person is feeling fresh, strong, enthusiastic etc in the first flush of youth. fleur; in die fleur van haar jeug في نَضارَة الشَّباب в началото на живота v rozpuku i ungdommens vår in der Blüte στον πρώτο ενθουσιασμό en la euforia de õitsenguajal عنفوان kukoistuksessa, huumassa dans l'euphorie de פְּרִיחָה यौवन की भावना u naponu snage, mladosti vminek az első jelentkezése tahap awal í blóma nel rigoglio di 盛り 처음(에), 초반(에) pačiame žydėjime (jaunības, spēku) plaukums tahap awal bloei (ungdommens) vår, frambrudd, blomstring w pierwszym przypływie, w kwiecie no alvor (în) entuziasmul (...) в расцвете сил v rozpuku v navalu prvi zanos i [] vår, i första början กระตือรือร้น ilk heyecanla 處於初期階段(精力旺盛時) розквіт شروعاتی دور میں thời thanh xuân; lúc sung mãn 精力旺盛的