English Explanatory Dictionary

flush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
verb
  1. To cause to take flight from concealment.
  2. To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
adj
  1. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
  2. Wealthy or well off.
  3. Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
  4. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
  5. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
adv
  1. Suddenly and completely.
noun
  1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
  2. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
  3. The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
  4. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
  5. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
  6. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
  7. A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
verb
  1. To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
  2. Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
  3. To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
  4. To cause to blush.
  5. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
  6. To excite, inflame.
  7. To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
  8. To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
  9. To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
  10. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
  11. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
  12. To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
noun
  1. A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
noun
  1. A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

Pronunciation

/ˈflʌʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flush.wav /flʌʃ/

Word forms

flush flushes flushing flushed flusher flushest

Etymology

From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal flusk (“to fly at, startle a bird out of the bush”) and flusker (“to flutter, fly irregularly”). Perhaps related to Middle English flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English blend of flowen (“to flow”) + guschen (“to gush”). Compare Saterland Frisian flutskje, German Low German flutschen, German flutschen.

Synonyms

drive flush out scare up forced forced justified force justified justified sluice blush

Derived words

flush cast flush left flush left and right flush mount flush mounted flushness flush right nonflush non-flush semi-flush flush mounting alcohol flush reaction Asian flush autoflush backflush binge flush bucket flush courtesy flush eco-flush first flush flush deck flushless flushometer flush toilet four-flush four flush hot flush mercy flush overflush preflush running flush saline flush sex flush underflush unflush outflush aflush flushable flusher flushing toilet nonflushing reflush unflushing bobtail flush busted flush nut flush royal flush straight flush
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