Flush

English Meaning

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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.
5. To cause to redden or glow.
6. To excite or elate: The team was flushed with the success of victory.
7. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water: flush a toilet; flush a wound with iodine.
8. 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).
9. A flooding flow or rush, as of water.
10. The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.
11. A blush or glow: "here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud” ( Willa Cather).
12. A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
13. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
14. A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride.
15. A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom1.
16. Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
17. Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich.
18. Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom.
19. Swelling; overflowing: rivers flush with the spring rains.
20. Having surfaces in the same plane; even.
21. Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together: a sofa flush against the wall. See Synonyms at level.
22. Printing Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented.
23. Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.
24. Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet.
25. So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.
26. Squarely or solidly: The ball hit him flush on the face.
27. 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.
28. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
29. To drive or force into the open: The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
30. To dart out or fly from cover.
31. A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.