flush
IPA: fɫˈʌʃ
noun
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- (mining, intransitive) 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.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
adjective
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Wealthy or well off.
- Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- (typography) Short for flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins. [(typography) A body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.]
adverb
- Suddenly and completely.
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Examples of "flush" in Sentences
- It's flush with the back of the frame.
- She flushed when she was talking to him.
- The body engages flush against the girder.
- Go stand in the outhouse, and flush yourself.
- Millions of dollars were flushed down the toilet.
- Decorum and politesse dictate that you opt for the flush.
- First flush is the initial surface runoff of a rainstorm.
- Capsizing results in a flush the vast majority of the time.
- In the retracted position, the arm is flush with the base housing.
- She pictured the darting, protuberant eyes and the chubby cheeks flushed red of him.
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