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flush

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verb (1)

ˈfləsh How to pronounce flush (audio)
flushed; flushing; flushes

intransitive verb

: to fly away suddenly

transitive verb

1
: to cause (a bird) to flush
The birds were flushed out of the trees.
2
: to expose or chase from a place of concealment
flushed the boys from their hiding place
Police flushed the suspects from the building.

flush

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noun (1)

1
: a hand of playing cards all of the same suit
specifically : a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence see poker illustration
2
: a series of three or more slalom gates set vertically on a slope

flush

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noun (2)

1
: a sudden flow (as of water)
also : a rinsing or cleansing with or as if with a flush of water
2
a
: a sudden increase or expansion
especially : sudden and usually abundant new plant growth
the spring flush of grass
b
: a surge of emotion
felt a flush of anger at the insult
3
a
: a tinge of red : blush
b
: a fresh and vigorous state
in the first flush of womanhood
4
: a transitory sensation of extreme heat compare hot flash

flush

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verb (2)

flushed; flushing; flushes

intransitive verb

1
: to flow and spread suddenly and freely
2
a
: to glow brightly
b
: blush
3
: to produce new growth
the plants flush twice during the year

transitive verb

1
a
: to cause to flow
b
: to pour liquid over or through
especially : to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid
flush the toilet
flush the lungs with air
2
: inflame, excite
—usually used passively
flushed with pride
3
: to cause to blush

flush

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adjective

1
a
: of a ruddy healthy color
b
: full of life and vigor : lusty
2
a
: filled to overflowing
streams flush with the spring runoff
b
informal : having a large amount of money
feeling flush
a company that's flush with cash/money
3
informal : readily available : abundant
4
a
: having or forming a continuous plane or unbroken surface
flush paneling
b
: directly abutting or immediately adjacent: such as
(1)
: set even with an edge of a type page or column : having no indention
(2)
: arranged edge to edge so as to fit snugly
flushness noun

flush

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adverb

1
: in a flush manner
2
: squarely
hit him flush on the chin

flush

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verb (3)

flushed; flushing; flushes

transitive verb

: to make flush
flush the headings on a page

Synonyms

Noun (2)

Verb (2)

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective He just got paid and he was feeling flush. was flushed after getting out of the hot bath Adverb She placed her hands flush against the door and pushed with all her might. He hit the ball flush.

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English flusshen

Noun (1)

Middle French flus, fluz, from Latin fluxus flow, flux

Noun (2)

perhaps modification of Latin fluxus

First Known Use

Verb (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun (1)

circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Adjective

circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adverb

1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (3)

circa 1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flush was in the 13th century

Phrases Containing flush

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