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flush1
verb (flushes , flushed , flushing )
1 usu intr to blush or make someone blush or go red.
2 to clean out (especially a lavatory pan) with a rush of water, usually by operating a handle, pressing a button, etc.
3 (often flush something away) to dispose of it down the lavatory.
noun (flushes )
1 a redness or rosiness, especially of the cheeks or face; a blush.
2 a rush of water that cleans a lavatory pan, or the mechanism that controls it.
3 high spirits in the first flush of enthusiasm .
4 freshness; bloom; vigour the flush of youth .
[16c: possibly influenced by flash, blush and flush4]
flushed adjective suffused with a rosy colour; excited or elated.
be flushed with pride, etc to be visibly affected by it, eg by blushing.
flush2
adjective
1 (often flush with something) level or even with an adjacent surface.
2 colloq having plenty of money Are you flush this week?
3 abundant or plentiful.
4 full to the brim.
adverb so as to be level with an adjacent surface fixed it flush with the wall .
verb (flushes , flushed , flushing )
1 to make something level with adjacent surfaces.
2 (often flush something up) to fill up to the level of a surface.
[17c: perhaps from flush1]
flush3
noun (flushes ) cards a hand made up of cards from a single suit.
[16c: from Latin fluxus flow, influenced by flush1]
flush4
verb (flushes , flushed , flushing ) hunting to startle (game birds) so that they rise from the ground.
[13c: probably imitating the sound]
flush someone or something out to drive them out of a hiding place.
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