Flush Meaning and Definition

Word: Flush

How to pronounce: flʌʃ

Verb

Definitions:

1. (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion.

Example sentences: "Mr. Cunningham flushed angrily"

2. Cleanse (something, especially a toilet) by causing large quantities of water to pass through it.

Example sentences: "The nurse flushed out the catheter"

3. Drive (a bird, especially a game bird, or an animal) from its cover.

Example sentences: "The grouse were flushed from the woods"

4. (of a plant) send out fresh shoots.

Example sentences: "The plant had started to flush by late March"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion.

Example sentences: "A flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks"

2. A sudden rush of intense emotion.

Example sentences: "I was carried away in a flush of enthusiasm"

3. An act of cleansing something, especially a toilet, with a sudden flow of water.

Example sentences: "An old-fashioned toilet uses six or seven gallons per flush"

4. The action of driving a game bird from its cover.

Example sentences: "The dogs retrieve the birds after the flush"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Completely level or even with another surface.

Example sentences: "The gates are flush with the adjoining fencing"

2. Having plenty of something, especially money.

Adverb

Definitions:

1. So as to be level or even.

Example sentences: "The screw must fit flush with the surface"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Fill in (a joint) level with a surface.

Example sentences: "If you're building perpendicular to an existing wall, lay the 2x4 plates next to each other and flush the ends."

Noun

Definitions:

1. (in poker) a hand of cards all of the same suit.

Example sentences: "Three flushes: the back and middle hands are flushes, and the front hand is a three-card flush (three cards of one suit)."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A piece of wet ground over which water flows without being confined to a definite channel.

Example sentences: "The area will become a haven for people interested in the environment, and will boast a range of habitats including woodland, pasture, reservoirs, the brook and valleyside flushes."

Synonyms:

flare

flash

outpouring

eruption

rinse

wash away

flush out

wash

scour

irrigate

backwash

washdown

backflush

backwashing

blush

rosiness

red

rosy

blaze

crimson

glow

bloom

heyday

prime

efflorescence

reset

burst out

rush

gush

flare up

redden

hot flash

burst

paroxysm

dump

rinsing

purge

sluice

level

flat

adjoining

blossom

awash

even

fraught

Derivations:

flushed

flushing

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Flush in Other Languages...

Spanish: Vaciar

German: Flush

French: Flush

Italian: Lavare

Turkish: Temizleme