Flush — Defs

01 v. i. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

imp. & p. p. Flushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing

1.
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
“The flushing noise of many waters.” — Boyle.

“It flushes violently out of the cock.” — Mortimer.
2.
To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
3.
To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
“In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed.” — Milton.
4.
To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
“Flushing from one spray unto another.” — W. Browne.

02 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…

1.
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.
2.
To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
“Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.” — Gay.

“Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow.” — Keats.
3.
To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
“How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging there!” — Tennyson.
4.
To excite; to animate; to stir.
“Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition.” — South.
5.
To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
6.
To cause to flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.

Phrases & compounds

To flush a joints — to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.

03 v. i. To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in…

1.
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.(Mining)

04 n. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

1.
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
“In manner of a wave or flush.” — Ray.
2.
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
“The flush of angered shame.” — Tennyson.
3.
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.
4.
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
5.
A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
6.
A hand of cards, all of the same suit; -- especially significant in poker, where five cards of the same suit constitute a flush, which beats a straight but is beaten by a full house or four of a kind.

05 a. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.

1.
Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
“With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.” — Shak.
2.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
“Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.” — Arbuthnot.
3.
Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.(Arch. & Mech.)
4.
Consisting of cards of one suit.(Card Playing)

Phrases & compounds

Flush bolt — A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface.

Flush deck — See under Deck, n., 1.

Flush tank — a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.

06 adv. So as to be level or even.