flush
verb
- remove, removing using water
noun
- poker hand
- remove, removing using water
- turn red
adjective
- even, having surfaces on the same plane
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/
adj
Etymology: Same as Etymology 3, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
“Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.”
- Wealthy or well off.
“He just got a bonus so he's flush today.”
“In 1952, Fawcett Books was flush with the unprecedented success of Women's Barracks.”
- Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
“With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.”
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
“[H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready [i.e., ready money], either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]”
adv
Etymology: Same as Etymology 3, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
- Suddenly and completely.
“I landed flush on the couch.”
noun
Etymology: Probably from Middle French flus (“flow”), cognate with flux.
- A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
verb
Etymology: Probably from Etymology 1, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
- To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
“Flush the injury with plenty of water.”
- Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
“The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.”
“She turned, laughing at the surprise, and flushing with pleasure.”
- To cause to blush.
“Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.”
“Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, / Flushing his brow, [...]”
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
“to flush the meadows”
- To excite, inflame.
“such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition”
“Chill depths of the spirit are flushed to a fever, The nightmare silence is broken. We are not lost.”
- To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
“There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.”
- To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
“flush to disk”
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
“Blood flushes into the face.”
“the flushing noise of many waters”
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
“In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed.”
- To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- 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.
- To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- To move, shift or align to one side.