Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flush"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, v. t.
To cause by 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, v. i. (Mining)
(a) 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.
(b) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines,
with material carried by water, which, after drainage,
constitutes a compact mass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flushed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flushing}.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz
a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash;
perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.]
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes
into the face.
The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle.
It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red;
to blush.
3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.
4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, 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.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
--Gay.
Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose,
Flushing his brow. --Keats.
3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if
suffused with blood.
How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte
Rosa, hanging there! --Tennyson.
4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his
ambition. --South.
5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. --Nares.
{To flush a joints} (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the
level; to make them flush.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, a.
1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.
--Shak.
2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence,
liberal; prodigal.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot.
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 bolt}.
(a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be
flush with a surface.
(b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so
as to be flush therewith.
{Flush deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}, n., 1.
{Flush tank}, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for
flushing drainpipes, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, adv.
So as to be level or even.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, n.
1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of
water for cleansing purposes.
In manner of a wave or flush. --Ray.
2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame,
modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a
glow.
The flush of angered shame. --Tennyson.
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. [From F. or Sp. flux. Cf. {Flux}.] A hand of cards of the
same suit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flush
adj 1: of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the
same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom
of the window is flush with the floor" [syn: {flush(p)}]
2: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;
"an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not
merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy
corporations" [syn: {affluent}, {loaded}, {moneyed}, {wealthy}]
n 1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower},
{prime}, {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}]
2: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of
good health [syn: {bloom}, {blush}, {rosiness}]
3: sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause
and some mental disorders) [syn: {hot flash}]
4: a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
5: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a rush!"; "he does it for
kicks" [syn: {bang}, {boot}, {charge}, {rush}, {thrill}, {kick}]
6: a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a
toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked
him with an outpouring of words" [syn: {gush}, {outpouring}]
7: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt
or shame or modesty) [syn: {blush}]
adv 1: squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
2: in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed
when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: {blush},
{crimson}, {redden}]
2: flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
3: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: {buff}, {burnish}, {furbish}]
4: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
antibiotics" [syn: {scour}]
5: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn:
{sluice}]
6: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the
meadows"
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