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flush

1  [fluhsh]
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–noun
1. a blush; rosy glow: a flush of embarrassment on his face.
2. a rushing or overspreading flow, as of water.
3. a sudden rise of emotion or excitement: a flush of anger.
4. glowing freshness or vigor: the flush of youth.
5. hot flush. hot flash.
6. a cleansing preparation that acts by flushing: an oil flush for the car's engine.
–verb (used with object)
7. to redden; cause to blush or glow: Winter air flushed the children's cheeks.
8. to flood or spray thoroughly with water, as for cleansing purposes: They flushed the wall with water and then scrubbed it down.
9. to wash out (a sewer, toilet, etc.) by a sudden rush of water.
10. Metallurgy.
a. to remove slag from (a blast furnace).
b. to spray (a coke oven) to cool the gases generated and wash away the ammonia and tars distilled.
11. to animate or excite; inflame: flushed with success.
–verb (used without object)
12. to blush; redden.
13. to flow with a rush; flow and spread suddenly.
14. to operate by flushing; undergo flushing: The toilet won't flush.
Origin:
1540–50; perh. extended senses of flush 3 ; cf. similar phonesthemic elements and meanings of blush, gush, flash

Related forms:
flush⋅a⋅ble, adjective
flusher, noun
flush⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
flushness, noun

Synonyms:
3. access, rush, flood, impulse, thrill.
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hot flash

 
–noun
a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
Also called hot flush.

Origin:
1905–10
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Slang Dictionary
flush

  1. mod.
    wealthy; with plenty of money. : Today I am flush. By tomorrow, I'll be broke.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

flush  (v.)
"fly up suddenly," c.1300, perhaps imitative of the sound of beating wings, or related to flash via its variant flushe. Probably not connected to O.Fr. flux, source of flush (n.). Transitive meaning "to cause to fly, start" is first attested c.1450. The sense of "spurt, rush out suddenly, flow with force" (1548) is probably the same word, with the connecting notion being "sudden movement," but its senses seem more to fit the older ones of flash (now all transferred to this word except in flash flood). The noun sense of "sudden redness in the face" (1630) probably belongs here, too. "A very puzzling word" [Weekley].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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>

Main Entry: hot flash
Function: noun
: a sudden brief flushing and sensation of heat caused by dilation of skin capillaries usually associated with menopausal endocrineimbalance called also hot flush
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.

hot flash n.
A sudden, brief sensation of heat, often over the entire body, caused by a transient dilation of the blood vessels of the skin and experienced by some menopausal women. Also called hot flush.

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