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flush 1       (flŭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   flushed, flush·ing, flush·es

v.   intr.
  1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
  2. To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn.
  3. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
  4. To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to redden or glow.
  2. To excite or elate: The team was flushed with the success of victory.
    1. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water: flush a toilet; flush a wound with iodine.
    2. To remove or eliminate by or as if by flushing: "The weakness in demand and productivity will at least ... flush out some of the inflation premium that has been built into interest rates" (Fortune).

n.  
    1. A flooding flow or rush, as of water.
    2. The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.
    3. A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
    4. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
  2. A blush or glow: "here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud" (Willa Cather).
    1. A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
    2. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
  4. A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride.
  5. A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom1.

adj.   flush·er, flush·est
  1. Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
  2. Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich.
  3. Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom.
  4. Swelling; overflowing: rivers flush with the spring rains.
    1. Having surfaces in the same plane; even.
    2. Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together: a sofa flush against the wall. See Synonyms at level.
    3. Printing Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented.
  6. Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.
  7. Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet.

adv.  
  1. So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.
  2. Squarely or solidly: The ball hit him flush on the face.


[Probably from flush3, to dart out.]

flush'er n., flush'ness n.
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flush 3       (flŭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   flushed, flush·ing, flush·es

v.   tr.
  1. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
  2. To drive or force into the open: The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.

v.   intr.
To dart out or fly from cover.

n.   A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.


[Middle English flusshen.]

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flushed

adjective
1. having the pinkish flush of health 
2. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" [syn: crimson] 

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