Word Definition

Flush

  1. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
  2. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
  3. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
  4. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
  5. Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
  6. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
  7. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
  8. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
  9. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
  10. 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.
  11. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
  12. So as to be level or even.
  13. A hand of cards of the same suit.
  14. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
  15. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
  16. Consisting of cards of one suit.
  17. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
  18. To excite; to animate; to stir.
  19. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
  20. 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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