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flush¹ Audio Help   (flŭsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   flushed, flush·ing, flush·es

v.   intr.

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

v. tr.

To cause to redden or glow.
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).

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.
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.
A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride.
A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom¹.

adj. flush·er, flush·est

Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich.
Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom.
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.
Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.
Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet.

adv.

So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.
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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flush³ Audio Help   (flŭsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   flushed, flush·ing, flush·es

v.   tr.

To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
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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flushed adjective

red in the face
Example: You look very flushed.

Arabic:	مُحْمَر الوَجْه، مُتَوَرِّد، مُحْتَقِن
Chinese (Simplified):	脸色红润的
Chinese (Traditional):	臉色紅潤的
Czech:	zardělý
Danish:	rødmende
Dutch:	rood
Estonian:	punane
Finnish:	punainen
French:	rouge
German:	rot
Greek:	αναψοκοκκινισμένος
Hungarian:	(ki)pirult
Icelandic:	rjóður
Indonesian:	memerah
Italian:	rosso

Japanese:	紅潮した
Korean:	홍조를 띤
Latvian:	pietvīcis
Lithuanian:	nukaitęs, išraudęs
Norwegian:	rød i toppen
Polish:	zarumieniony
Portuguese (Brazil):	corado
Portuguese (Portugal):	corado
Romanian:	îmbujorat
Russian:	румяный
Slovak:	zapýrený
Slovenian:	zardel
Spanish:	sonrojado
Swedish:	röd
Turkish:	yüzü kızarmış