Flush
[flʌʃ]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit.
(verb.) cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; 'flush the meadows'.
(verb.) flow freely; 'The garbage flushed down the river'.
(verb.) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; 'flush the wound with antibiotics'; 'purge the old gas tank'.
(verb.) make level or straight; 'level the ground'.
(verb.) glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; 'the sky flushed with rosy splendor'.
(adj.) 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' .
(adv.) squarely or solidly; 'hit him flush in the face'.
(adv.) in the same plane; 'set it flush with the top of the table'.
Typist: Ora--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
(v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
(v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
(v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
(v. t.) To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
(v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir.
(v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
(n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
(n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
(n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
(n.) A hand of cards of the same suit.
(a.) Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
(a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
(a.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
(a.) Consisting of cards of one suit.
(adv.) So as to be level or even.
Typist: Lucinda
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Glow, redden.
v. a. [1]. Redden, color, cause to glow.[2]. Animate, elevate, elate, ERECT, excite, make proud.
a. [1]. Glowing, bright, fresh, vigorous.[2]. Affluent, rich, wealthy, opulent, well supplied.[3]. Liberal, free, generous, lavish, prodigal.[4]. Level, even, plane, flat.
n. [1]. Redness, ruddiness, rosiness, glow, bloom.[2]. Sudden impulse.
Edited by Carmella
Definition
n. a flow of blood to the face causing redness: sudden impulse: bloom freshness vigour: abundance.—v.i. to become red in the face: to flow swiftly.—v.t. to make red in the face: to cleanse by a copious flow of water: to elate excite the spirits of: mostly in the pa.p. flushed (with victory).—adj. (of weather) hot and heavy: abounding: well supplied as with money: (Shak.) in full bloom.—n. Flush′-box a rectangular tank supplied with water for flushing the bowls of water-closets.—adj. Flushed suffused with ruddy colour: excited.—ns. Flush′er one who flushes sewers; Flush′ing action of the verb flush: sudden reddening; Flush′ness quality of being flush.—adj. Flush′y reddish.
n. in card-playing a hand in which all the cards or a specified number are of the same suit.—adj. in poker consisting of cards all of the same suit.—Straight or Royal flush in poker a sequence of five cards of the same suit.
v.i. to start up like an alarmed bird.—v.t. to rouse and cause to start off.—n. the act of starting: (Spens.) a bird or a flock of birds so started.
v.t. to make even: to fill up to the level of a surface (often with up).—adj. having the surface level with the adjacent surface.
Typed by Levi
Unserious Contents or Definition
From Grk. phlox, heat. A rush of color to the cheek, or hand, caused by bodily—or poker—heat.
Checked by Jocelyn
Examples
- At the thought he laid down his knife and fork again, and a flush of anxiety rose to his finely-wrinkled cheek. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She turned aside her head; the neck, the clear cheek, forsaken by their natural veil, were seen to flush warm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Boggley Wollah is situated in a fine, lonely, marshy, jungly district, famous for snipe-shooting, and where not unfrequently you may flush a tiger. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We had one fine sunset--a rich carmine flush that suffused the western sky and cast a ruddy glow far over the sea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A flush stole over Miss Sutherland's face, and she picked nervously at the fringe of her jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- St. Clare felt his face flush crimson, but he laughed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But whatever the momentary feeling which caused that flush in her, it went as it came, and she humbly said, I never mean to be, if I can help it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His eyes shone, and his cheek was flushed with the exhilaration of the master workman who sees his work lie ready before him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a tear in each of Mrs. Bagnet's eyes, and her face was flushed and hurried. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Augustine's cheek flushed; but he only observed, with his usual sarcastic carelessness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At night they came back to the flat very late again, again flushed with drink. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It's not her fault if everybody don't know it now, growled Trenor, flushed with the struggle of getting into his fur-lined coat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Venn flushed through his stain. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Has Maurice— I have said nothing, sir, cried Maurice, flushing deeply; how can you suspect me of such a thing? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I do not,' said Louisa, flushing with her own great remembrance in that wise, 'think it likely. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I cannot see that there is anything very funny, cried our client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- No,' replied Mrs. Hale, her cheek flushing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Richard, his face flushing suddenly, strikes the desk with his clenched hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then flushing with an unpleasant consciousness, he asked-- How do you know? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She gave him both her hands as she looked up flushing and smiling through her tears into his honest homely face. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The trooper flushes angrily and hesitates a moment, but holds out his two hands, clasped together, and says, There! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A gentleman can have no feelings who contracts such a marriage,' flushes Podsnap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Their buildings were furnished wi th systems of drains and flushes that seem to us altogether modern. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Edited by Davy