meaning of flushes
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
5. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.
6. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
7. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
8. To excite; to animate; to stir.
9. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
10. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
11. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
12. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.
13. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc. ; as, a flush of joy.
14. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
15. A hand of cards of the same suit.
16. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
17. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
18. Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
19. Consisting of cards of one suit.
20. So as to be level or even.
21. sudden reddening of the face as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty
Related Words
flush | flush down | flush it | flush toilet | flush-seamed | flushboard | flushed | flusher | flushing | flushingly | flushless toilet | flushness |
