flush

v., flushed, flush·ing, flush·es.

v.intr.

1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
2. To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn.
3. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
4. To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.

v.tr.

1. To cause to redden or glow.
2. To excite or elate: The team was flushed with the success of victory.
3. 1. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water: flush a toilet; flush a wound with iodine.
   2. To remove or eliminate by or as if by flushing: “The weakness in demand and productivity will at least … flush out some of the inflation premium that has been built into interest rates” (Fortune).

n.

1. 1. A flooding flow or rush, as of water.
   2. The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.
2. A blush or glow: “here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud” (Willa Cather).
3. 1. A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
   2. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
4. A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride.
5. A state of freshness or vigor. See synonyms at bloom¹.

adj., flush·er, flush·est.

1. Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
2. Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See synonyms at rich.
3. Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom.
4. Swelling; overflowing: rivers flush with the spring rains.
5. 1. Having surfaces in the same plane; even.
   2. Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together: a sofa flush against the wall. See synonyms at level.
   3. Printing. Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented.
6. Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.
7. Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet.

adv.

1. So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.
2. Squarely or solidly: The ball hit him flush on the face.

[Probably from FLUSH³, to dart out.]

flusher flush'er n.
flushness flush'ness n.
flush² (flŭsh)
n. Games.

A hand in which all the cards are of the same suit but not in numerical sequence, ranked above a straight and below a full house in poker.

[French flux, flus, from Old French flux, from Latin flūxus, flux. See flux.]

flush³ (flŭsh)

v., flushed, flush·ing, flush·es.

v.tr.

1. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
2. To drive or force into the open: The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.

v.intr.

To dart out or fly from cover.

n.

A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.

[Middle English flusshen.]

To empty the contents of a memory buffer. See buffer.

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layout term indicating that type is not to be indented but is to be set flush with the margin. A flush cover of a book, magazine, catalog, manual, or other publication is cut to the same size as the pages within. In a flush paragraph, all the sentences (except perhaps the last one) are of equal width across the page, and there is no beginning paragraph indentation. flush left or right indicates that type is to be set so as to line up at the left or right margin. To flush the margin in this manner is also called to justify. See also ragged left or right.

verb

1. To become red in the face: blush, color, crimson, glow, mantle, redden. See express.
2. To raise the spirits of: animate, buoy (up), elate, elevate, exhilarate, inspire, inspirit, lift, uplift. Obsolete exalt. See happy/unhappy.
3. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See full/empty/capacity.

noun

1. A fresh rosy complexion: bloom¹, blush, color, glow. See better/worse.
2. A feeling of pervasive emotional warmth: glow. See feelings.
3. A condition or time of vigor and freshness: bloom¹, blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, prime. See better/worse.

adjective

1. Of a healthy reddish color: blooming, florid, flushed, full-blooded, glowing, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine. See colors/colorless.
2. Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions: affluent, moneyed, rich, wealthy. Slang loaded. Idioms: having money to burn, in the money, made of money, rolling in money. See rich/poor.
3. On the same plane or line: even¹, level. See same/different/compare.
4. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even¹, flat, level, planar, plane¹, smooth, straight. See smooth/rough.

adverb

With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, just, precisely, right, smack¹, square, squarely, straight. Slang smack-dab. See precise/imprecise.

adj

Definition: blush
Antonyms: pale

adj

Definition: flat
Antonyms: rough, uneven

adj

Definition: overflowing, abundant
Antonyms: empty, lacking, low

n

Definition: blush
Antonyms: pale

v

Definition: become or make pink or red
Antonyms: pale, uncolor

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1. [common] To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation. “All that nonsense has been flushed.”

2. [Unix/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an fflush(3) call. This is not an abort or deletion as in sense 1, but a demand for early completion!

3. To leave at the end of a day's work (as opposed to leaving for a meal). “I'm going to flush now.” “Time to flush.”

4. To exclude someone from an activity, or to ignore a person.

‘Flush’ was standard ITS terminology for aborting an output operation; one spoke of the text that would have been printed, but was not, as having been flushed. It is speculated that this term arose from a vivid image of flushing unwanted characters by hosing down the internal output buffer, washing the characters away before they could be printed. The Unix/C usage, on the other hand, was propagated by the fflush(3) call in C's standard I/O library (though it is reported to have been in use among BLISS programmers at DEC and on Honeywell and IBM machines as far back as 1965). Unix/C hackers found the ITS usage confusing, and vice versa.

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n

1. a blush or sudden reddening of the face and neck caused by vasodilation of small arteries and arterioles. 2. a sudden, subjective feeling of heat. 3. a sudden, rapid flow of water or other liquid.

Having the surface or face even or level with the adjacent surface.

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A sudden increase in flow.

• f. agents — water under pressure, sterile saline and Ringer's solution are used to irrigate and cleanse wounds. Various antiseptic compounds, in dilute solutions, have the added advantage of antibacterial effects and some, with detergent action, are more efficient in removing necrotic tissues and debris, but they may be irritating and delay healing.
• nutritional f. — an abrupt and sizable increase in nutritional status practiced as a management tactic, usually prior to the mating period in order to improve semen characteristics in the male and ovulation and conception rates in the female. Most attention is given to the protein concentration of the ration.

A sudden burst of bloom, usually of flowers or fruit.

IN BRIEF: To become red in the face. Also: to empty out with a sudden flow of water.

They flush out their garden hose each spring to make sure it is not plugged up.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - rødme
v. tr. - få til at rødme
n. - rødme, glød
adj. - blussende, rødmende

idioms:

• a flush of    et væld af
• flush out    få frem i dagens lys

2.
adj. - glat, flad
adv. - i niveau med, glat forsænket i, bindig med
v. tr. - få til at flugte med

3.
v. tr. - jage op
v. intr. - lette, flyve op
n. - flok fugle som letter

4.
n. - flush, fem kort i samme farve
adj. - flush-

5.
n. - vandbred med rig vegetation

Nederlands (Dutch)
blos, opvlieging, roes, straat (kaartspel), stroom, spoeling, (op) bloei, doorspoelen, (doen) blozen, opgewonden zijn, (doen) stromen, (doen) wegvliegen, uitspreiden, stralen, bloeien, gelijk, blozend, levendig, rijk, ongebroken, zonder inspringen (blad), aangrenzend

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - rougir, s'empourprer, monter (le sang) au visage, actionner la chasse d'eau
v. tr. - faire rougir, faire jaillir (l'eau), actionner la chasse d'eau
n. - accès de, élan de, lueur, (Méd) suffusion, rougeur, bouffée de, (Constr) chasse d'eau, (Sport) floche (set)
adj. - rougeâtre, éclatant (une mine, une santé)

idioms:

• a flush of    un accès de
• flush out    forcer à sortir, faire sortir de force, faire se trahir, rincer par circulation d'eau

2.
adj. - au même niveau (que), à/au ras de
adv. - de manière à être au même niveau que, à/au ras de
v. tr. - affleurer (deux surfaces), être de niveau avec (qch), être dans l'alignement de

3.
v. tr. - lever (des oiseaux) (à la chasse), forcer à se montrer (pour une personne)
v. intr. - faire partir, faire lever (des perdrix, etc)
n. - envolée (d'oiseaux)

4.
n. - flush, longue couleur (poker, cartes)
adj. - d'un flush, dans la même couleur (cartes)

5.
n. - (Écol) écoulement d'eau abondant (sur un terrain humide)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - erröten, rot werden
n. - Röte, Blüte
adj. - rot
adv. - rot

idioms:

• a flush of    Taumel, Welle
• flush out    aufscheuchen

2.
adj. - bündig
adv. - bündig, genau
v. - ebnen, glätten, bündig machen

3.
v. - aufscheuchen, plötzlich auffliegen
n. - aufgescheuchter Vogel(schwarm)

4.
n. - lange Farbe, Flöte
adj. - von einer Farbe

5.
n. - Kanalreiniger, Strassenreiniger

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ρέω κρουνηδόν, ρέω ορμητικά, καθαρίζω (με άφθονο νερό), τραβώ (το καζανάκι), κοκκινίζω, ερυθριώ, αναψοκοκκινίζω, ξεπετιέμαι
n. - ορμητική ροή (κν. κατεβασιά), εκροή, πλημμύρα, κοκκίνισμα, ερυθρίαση, έξαψη, φούντωμα, ξάναμμα, συναισθηματική έκρηξη, ξέσπασμα, (στο πόκερ κ.λπ.) χρώμα, φλος
adj. - ισόπεδος, ισεπίπεδος, χωνευτός, ενσωματωμένος, ξέχειλος
adv. - στο ίδιο επίπεδο, (τυπογρ.) ίσιας περασιάς

idioms:

• a flush of    αφθονία, χείμαρρος
• flush out    αδειάζω υγρά (με έκπλυση), καθαρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
arrossire, tirare l'acqua, rigoglio, rossore, caldana, uguale

idioms:

• a flush of    una vampata di
• flush out    scovare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - jorrar, enrubescer
n. - jato (m) (de água), descarga (f) (do vaso sanitário), rubor (m)
adj. - rico, corado
adv. - diretamente

idioms:

• a flush of    um jorro de
• flush out    fazer aparecer

Русский (Russian)
покраснеть, смыть, румянец, краски зари, порыв чувств, приток сил, приступ лихорадки, преходящая эритема, полный жизни, богатый, вровень, вплотную

idioms:

• a flush of    пять карт одной масти
• flush out    промывать, спугнуть

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - ruborizarse, sonrojarse
v. tr. - ruborizar, sonrojar
n. - embriaguez, rubor, sonrojo, acaloramiento, bochorno, sofoco
adj. - ruboroso, encendido

idioms:

• a flush of    floración repentina, limpieza con agua, abundancia repentina, arrebato, rubor, euforia
• flush out    hacer salir

2.
adj. - parejo, raso, nivelado
adv. - al mismo nivel
v. tr. - igualar, nivelar, emparejar

3.
v. tr. - echar a volar, levantar, volar
v. intr. - echar a volar, asustar a un ave para que salga de su escondite
n. - vuelo súbito, ave de caza

4.
n. - flux de naipes, cartas del mismo palo en una mano
adj. - del mismo palo (cartas)

5.
n. - terreno húmedo donde corre libremente el agua

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - flyga upp, skrämma upp, forsa fram, blossa upp, glöda, skjuta nya skott )om växt), spola, få att rodna, egga upp
n. - häftig ström, tillströmning, renspolning, känslosvall, häftig rodnad, plötslig tillväxt
adj. - full, vid kassa, jämn, rak (om slag)
adv. - rakt, direkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 涌, 发红, 涌流, 脸红, 用水冲洗, 使发红, 使发亮, 使涨红, 使注满, 冲洗, 红晕, 红光, 兴奋, 注满的, 大量的, 泛滥的, 充足的, 齐平地, 直接地

idioms:

• a flush of    一阵的兴奋激动或得意
• flush out    使暴露, 强行赶出

2. 同花

3. 使惊飞, 强行赶出, 使暴露, 惊起, 惊飞, 使鸟惊飞, 冲洗, 红晕, 红光, 兴奋

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 湧, 發紅, 湧流, 臉紅
v. tr. - 用水沖洗, 使發紅, 使發亮, 使漲紅, 使注滿
n. - 沖洗, 紅暈, 紅光, 興奮
adj. - 注滿的, 大量的, 泛濫的, 充足的
adv. - 齊平地, 直接地

idioms:

• a flush of    一陣的興奮激動或得意
• flush out    使暴露, 強行趕出

2.
v. tr. - 使驚飛, 強行趕出, 使暴露
v. intr. - 驚起, 驚飛, 使鳥驚飛
n. - 沖洗, 紅暈, 紅光, 興奮

3.
n. - 同花

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 홍조를 띠다
v. tr. - ~을 상기시키다
n. - (얼굴의) 홍조, 생기
adj. - 생기가 넘치는, 부유한

idioms:

• a flush of    많은 양의
• flush out    이물질을 제거하여 건강하게 하다

2.
adj. - 같은 평면의, 인접하는
adv. - 평평하게, 바로, 정면으로
v. tr. - ~을 평평하게 하다

3.
v. tr. - (새가) 날아오르게 하다
v. intr. - 푸드덕 날아오르다
n. - 날아오르는 새, 날아 오름

4.
n. - (카드 놀이에서의) 플러쉬의
adj. - 플러쉬

5.
n. - 배수, 씻어 내림

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 紅潮する, がぱっと赤くなる, がどっと流れる, 興奮させる, 得意がらせる, 水をどっと流す, 水を流して洗う, 飛び立たせる, 追い出す, どっと流れる
n. - 紅潮, 増水, どっと流れること, もえいでること, 興奮, 得意, 感激, はつらつさ, フラッシュ
adj. - 同一平面の, たっぷりある
adv. - 平らに, まともに

idioms:

• a flush of    突然の感情
• flush out    水で掃除する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتورد خجلا (الاسم) تورد , تدفق (صفه) ناضر , متورد (ظرف) مباشرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הסמיק, האדים, זרם בשטף‬
v. tr. - ‮שילהב, שטף (האסלה), זרם בשטף‬
n. - ‮זרם מים, שטיפה, הסמקה, התלהבות, פריחה, שמחת ניצחון, נביטה‬
adj. - ‮שטוח, לא בולט, עשיר, שופע‬
adv. - ‮זרם בשטף‬
adj. - ‮באותו מישור או רמה, שקול ל-‬
adv. - ‮באותה רמה, באופן שקול ל-‬
v. tr. - ‮יישר (מקום חיבור) עם פני השטח‬
v. tr. - ‮התרומם, עף‬
v. intr. - ‮הבריח ממחבוא, התעופף לפתע, הסתלק‬
n. - ‮להקת ציפורים‬
n. - ‮יד עם קלפים תואמים (פוקר)‬
adj. - ‮צירוף של קלפי-מישחק‬
n. - ‮חלקת אדמה רטובה שהמים זורמים עליה באופן לא מרוסן (אקולוגיה)‬

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Phosphate Flush	Outdoor Flush Ceiling Light
semi flush	Non Flush Niacin