flush

flush

flush¹ [flush]

vi.

[complex of several words, with senses FLASH & ME flusshen, to fly up suddenly, blended with echoic elements; “flow” senses < ? or akin to OFr fluir (stem fluiss-), to flow]

1. to flow and spread suddenly and rapidly

2. to become red in the face, as with embarrassment or anger; blush

3. to glow

4. to become cleaned, washed, or emptied out with a sudden flow of water, etc.

5. to start up from cover: said of birds

vt.

1. to make flow

2. to clean, wash, or empty out with a sudden flow of water, etc.

3. to make blush or glow

4. to excite; animate; exhilarate: usually in the passive voice [flushed with victory]

5. to drive (game birds) from cover

6. to make level or even

n.

1. a sudden and rapid flow, as of water in washing out something

2. a sudden, vigorous growth [the first flush of youth]

3. a sudden feeling of excitement or exhilaration

4. a blush; glow

5. a sudden feeling of great heat, as in a fever

adj.

1. well supplied, esp. with money

2. abundant; plentiful

3. Dial. lavish; profuse

4. Rare full of vigor

5. Rare having a ruddy color; glowing

6.

a) making an even or unbroken line or surface; being even or on the same line or plane [a door flush with the walls]

b) even with a margin or edge

7. direct; full

adv.

1. in an even manner; so as to be level or in alignment

2. directly; squarely [it hit him flush in the face]

flush² [flush]

n.

[Fr flux: see FLUX]

a hand of cards all in the same suit: in poker, a flush ranks just above a straight and below a full house