Meaning of flush in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  3. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  4. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  5. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /fləʃ/

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  1. Verb

    flush

    Etymology

    Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash and blush

    Definitions

    1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

    Examples

    • « The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by »

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  2. 2. flow freely

    Examples

    • « The garbage flushed down the river »

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  3. 3. make level or straight

    Examples

    • « level the ground »

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  4. 4. polish and make shiny

    Examples

    • « buff the wooden floors »
    • « buff my shoes »

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  5. 5. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

    Examples

    • « flush the wound with antibiotics »
    • « purge the old gas tank »

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  6. 6. irrigate with water from a sluice

    Examples

    • « sluice the earth »

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  7. 7. cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

    Examples

    • « flush the meadows »

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  8. Classifying Adjective

    flush

    Definitions

    1. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

    Examples

    • « an affluent banker »
    • « a speculator flush with cash »
    • « not merely rich but loaded »
    • « moneyed aristocrats »
    • « wealthy corporations »

    Synonyms

  9. Adverb

    flush

    Definitions

    1. squarely or solidly

    Examples

    • « hit him flush in the face »
  10. 2. in the same plane

    Examples

    • « set it flush with the top of the table »

  11. Noun

    flush

    Etymology

    early 16th century: from French flux (formerly flus), from Latin fluxus‘a flow’(see flux: the use in cards can be compared with English run)

    Definitions

    1. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

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  12. 2. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

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  13. 3. sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
  14. 4. a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
  15. 5. the swift release of a store of affective force

    Examples

    • « they got a great bang out of it »
    • « what a boot! »
    • « he got a quick rush from injecting heroin »
    • « he does it for kicks »

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  16. 6. a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

    Examples

    • « he heard the flush of a toilet »
    • « there was a little gush of blood »
    • « she attacked him with an outpouring of words »

    Derived terms

  17. 7. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up. »
    Jessica Hahn
  • « Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day. »
    Donald G. Mitchell
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