FLUSH
\flˈʌʃ], \flˈʌʃ], \f_l_ˈʌ_ʃ]\
Definitions of FLUSH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
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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"
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a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
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in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
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flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
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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"
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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"
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cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
By Princeton University
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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"
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polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
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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"
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a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
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in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
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flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
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To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
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To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
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To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.
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To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
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To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
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To excite; to animate; to stir.
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To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
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A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
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A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
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Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.
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A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
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A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
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A hand of cards of the same suit.
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Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
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Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
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Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
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Consisting of cards of one suit.
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So as to be level or even.
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To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
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To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
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To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
By Oddity Software
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To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
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To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
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To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
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To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.
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To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
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To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
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To excite; to animate; to stir.
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To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
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A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
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A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
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Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.
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A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
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A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
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A hand of cards of the same suit.
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Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
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Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
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Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
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Consisting of cards of one suit.
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So as to be level or even.
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To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
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To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
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To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
By Noah Webster.
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To cause to blush; excite; clean out with a rush of water; drive from cover: said of game birds.
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To blush; glow.
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A sudden rush of water; flow of blood to the face; sudden excitement or impulse; a flock of game birds put to sudden flight; bloom; growth; a hand of cards all of the same suit.
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Level with the surface; quite full; abundant; plentifully supplied with money; vigorous.
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So as to be level.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face; to come in haste; to start; to fly out suddenly, as a bird disturbed; to become suffused; to become suddenly red; to glow; to be gay, splendid, or beautiful.
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To cause to blush; to redden suddenly; to cause the blood to rush suddenly into the face; to color; to elate; to elevate; to excite the spirits of; to animate with joy; to wash out or cleanse by drenching with copious supplies of water; as, to flush a sewer, a lane, etc.; in sporting, to cause to start up or fly off; to spring; as, to flush a woodcock.
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Fresh; full of vigor; glowing; bright; rich in blossom; exuberant; well supplied with money; having full pockets; as, to be quite flush; having the surface even or level with the adjacent surface; in this sense much used by builders, carpenters, etc., and applied to surfaces which are so placed; for example, the panel of a door is said to be flush, when fixed level, with the margin, and not sunk below it; in the game of cribbage or poker consisting of cards of the same suit; as, a flush hand.
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A sudden flow of blood to the face; or more generally, the redness of face which proceeds from such an afflux of blood; as, her face was suffused with a crimson flush; hence, any warm coloring or glow, as the reddening of the sky before daybreak; sudden impulse or excitement; sudden thrill or shock, as of feeling; as, a flush of joy; bloom; growth; abundance; a rush or flow, as of a jet or stream of water; in the game of cribbage or poker, a run of cards of the same suit; a flock of birds suddenly started or flushed.
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In a manner so as to be even or level with.
By Daniel Lyons
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A blush; sudden redness; bloom; glow; abundance.
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Full of vigor; abounding; having the surface level.
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Make red in the face; excite; fill.
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To become red in the face.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To redden; blush.
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To deluge with water; wash out.
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To drive from cover; start up, as birds.
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To encourage and excite; elate; chiefly in the past participle.
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To make flush or even; often with up.
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Full; well supplied with money.
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Full of life; vigorous.
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A heightened color; blush.
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Sudden elation.
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A blossoming out; bloom.
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The act of flushing a bird; a bird or birds startled from cover.
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A hand of cards all of one suit.
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A sudden gush or rush of water.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The temporary redness and heat produced by accumulation of blood in the capillaries of the face; as the sudden 'flush' or' blush of emotion:' the 'flush of hectic'
By Robley Dunglison
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A sudden reddening of the skin due to an increased supply of blood in the vessels of the skin. As a verb, the word means to fill in level with the surface or to inundate. As an adjective, it denotes abundantly full.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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adv. In a manner to be even or level with the surface adjoining.
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n. A sudden flowing; impulse or excitement;—a rush of blood to the face; a blush; a glow; bloom; growth; abundance;—a flock of birds suddenly started up.
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n. [French, Spanish] A run of cards of the same suit.