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flush

2  [fluhsh]
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–adjective
1. even or level, as with a surface; forming the same plane: The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
2. having direct contact; being right next to; immediately adjacent; contiguous: The table was flush against the wall.
3. well-supplied, as with money; affluent; prosperous: He was feeling flush on payday.
4. abundant or plentiful, as money.
5. having a ruddy or reddish color; blushing.
6. full of vigor; lusty.
7. full to overflowing.
8. Printing. even or level with the right margin (flush right) or the left margin (flush left) of the type page; without an indention.
–adverb
9. on the same level; in a straight line; without a change of plane: to be made flush with the top of the table.
10. in direct contact; squarely: It was set flush against the edge.
–verb (used with object)
11. to make flush or even.
12. to improve the nutrition of (a ewe) to bring on optimum physiological conditions for breeding.
–verb (used without object)
13. to send out shoots, as plants in spring.
–noun
14. a fresh growth, as of shoots and leaves.
Origin:
1540–50; perh. all sense developments of flush 1

Related forms:
flushness, noun

flush

4  [fluhsh] Cards.
–adjective
1. consisting entirely of cards of one suit: a flush hand.
–noun
2. a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
3. Pinochle. a meld of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the trump suit. Compare marriage (def. 8), royal marriage.
Origin:
1520–30; cf. F (obs.) flus, var. of flux flow, flush (cf. phrase run of cards) < L fluxus flux
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flush 1   (flŭsh)   
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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2flush
Function: intransitive verb
: to blush or become suddenly suffused with color due to vasodilation flush transitive senses
: to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid flushed with saline —Don Gold>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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

  1. To turn red, as from fever, heat, or strong emotion; blush.

  2. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water.

n.

  1. An act of cleansing or rinsing with a flow of water.

  2. A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.

  3. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.

adj.
Having surfaces in the same plane; even.

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