- a blush; rosy glow: a flush of embarrassment on his face.
- a rushing or overspreading flow, as of water.
- a sudden rise of emotion or excitement: a flush of anger.
- glowing freshness or vigor: the flush of youth.
- hot flash.
- a cleansing preparation that acts by flushing: an oil flush for the car's engine.
- to redden; cause to blush or glow: Winter air flushed the children's cheeks.
- to flood or spray thoroughly with water, as for cleansing purposes: They flushed the wall with water and then scrubbed it down.
- to wash out (a sewer, toilet, etc.) by a sudden rush of water.
- Metallurgy.
- to remove slag from (a blast furnace).
- to spray (a coke oven) to cool the gases generated and wash away the ammonia and tars distilled.
- to animate or excite; inflame: flushed with success.
- Computers.
- to empty (a buffer, cache, hard drive, etc.) by deleting the data or transferring it to permanent storage: Before flushing the cache, please transfer important data to a permanent file.
- to delete (data) or transfer it to permanent storage: After a short period to allow for recovery in the case of accidental deletion, we fully flush the data for your security.
- to blush; redden.
- to flow with a rush; flow and spread suddenly.
- to operate by flushing; undergo flushing: The toilet won't flush.
- even or level, as with a surface; forming the same plane: The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
- having direct contact; being right next to; immediately adjacent; contiguous: The table was flush against the wall.
- well-supplied, as with money; affluent; prosperous: He was feeling flush on payday.
- abundant or plentiful, as money.
- having a ruddy or reddish color; blushing.
- full of vigor; lusty.
- full to overflowing.
- even or level with the right margin (flush right ) or the left margin (flush left ) of the type page; without an indention.
- on the same level; in a straight line; without a change of plane: to be made flush with the top of the table.
- in direct contact; squarely: It was set flush against the edge.
- to make flush or even.
- to improve the nutrition of (a ewe) to bring on optimum physiological conditions for breeding.
- to send out shoots, as plants in spring.
- a fresh growth, as of shoots and leaves.
- to drive (a game bird or other animal) from cover and cause to fly off or spring forth suddenly; rouse: to flush a woodcock;to flush a bear from a thicket.
- to force (a person) out of hiding: The troops have flushed the rebels from their bases.
- to fly off or spring forth suddenly from a hiding place; come out of hiding.
- a flushed bird or other animal, or a group of them.
- the act of driving or forcing an animal or person from a hiding place.
- consisting entirely of cards of one suit: a flush hand.
- a hand or set of cards all of one suit.
- a meld of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the trump suit.
- to blush or cause to blush
- to flow or flood or cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- to glow or shine or cause to glow or shine with a rosy colour
- to send a volume of water quickly through (a pipe, channel, etc) or into (a toilet) for the purpose of cleansing, emptying, etc
- to cause (soluble substances in the soil) to be washed towards the surface, as by the action of underground springs, or (of such substances) to be washed towards the soil surface
- to excite or elate
- a rosy colour, esp in the cheeks; blush
- a sudden flow or gush, as of water
- a feeling of excitement or elation
- early bloom; freshness
- redness of the skin, esp of the face, as from the effects of a fever, alcohol, etc
- an area of boggy land fed by ground water
- having a ruddy or heightened colour
- level or even with another surface
- directly adjacent; continuous
- having plenty of money
- abundant or plentiful, as money
- full of vigour
- full to the brim or to the point of overflowing
- having an even margin, right or left, with no indentations
- (of a blow) accurately delivered
- (of a vessel) having no superstructure built above the flat level of the deck
- so as to be level or even
- directly or squarely
- to cause (surfaces) to be on the same level or in the same plane
- to enrich the diet of (an ewe) during the breeding season
- a period of fresh growth of leaves, shoots, etc
- to rouse (game, wild creatures, etc) and put to flight
- (in poker and similar games) a hand containing only one suit