Definitions for the word "flush" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To excite; to animate; to stir.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
A hand of cards of the same suit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. a.
Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. a.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. a.
Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. a.
Consisting of cards of one suit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. adv.
So as to be level or even.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
21. v.
1 blush, redden, glow warmly (he flushed with embarrassment). 2 (usu. As flushed adj.) Cause to glow or blush (often foll. By with: he was flushed with pride). 3 a cleanse (a drain, lavatory, etc.) By a flow of water. B (often foll. By away, down) dispose of in this way. 4 rush out, spurt. n. 1 blush or glow. 2 a rush of water. B cleansing of a drain, lavatory, etc. Thus. 3 rush of esp. Elation or triumph. 4 freshness; vigour. 5 a (also hot flush) sudden feeling of heat during menopause. B feverish redness or temperature etc. adj. 1 level, in the same plane. 2 colloq. Having plenty of money. [perhaps = *flush3]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
22. n.
Hand of cards all of one suit, esp. In poker. [latin fluxus *flux]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
23. v.
1 cause (esp. A game-bird) to fly up. 2 (of a bird) fly up and away. flush out 1 reveal. 2 drive out. [imitative]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
24. slang
the opposite of “hard up,” in possession of money, not
poverty-stricken.—_Shakspeare._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
25. slang
to whip; “FLUSHED on the horse,” to be privately whipped in
gaol; to deluge with water, as in “FLUSHING the sewers;” to come upon
suddenly and completely,—“I came FLUSH upon him.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
26. slang
a term in cribbage, signifying a hand of cards composed
entirely of one suit.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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