Flush
Definition of Flush
| v. i. | 1. | To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. | | 2. | To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush. | | 3. | To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. | | 4. | To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird. | | v. t. | 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. | | 3. | To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood. | | 4. | To excite; to animate; to stir. | | 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.| To flush a joints | | (Masonry) to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush. |
| | v. i. | 1. | (Mining) 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. | | n. | 1. | A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. | | 2. | A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. | | 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. | | a. | 1. | Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. | | 2. | Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. | | 3. | (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. | | 4. | (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit.| Flush deck | | (Naut.) See under Deck, n., 1. |
| | adv. | 1. | So as to be level or even. |
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