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Flush
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
(2):
(v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir.
(3):
(v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
(4):
(v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
(5):
(v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
(6):
(v. t.) 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.
(7):
(v. t.) To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
(8):
(v. t.) To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
(9):
(v. i.) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
(10):
(v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
(11):
(n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
(12):
(n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
(13):
(n.) 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.
(14):
(n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
(15):
(n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
(16):
(n.) A hand of cards of the same suit.
(17):
(a.) Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
(18):
(a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
(19):
(a.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
(20):
(a.) Consisting of cards of one suit.
(21):
(adv.) So as to be level or even.
(22):
(v. i.) 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.
(23):
(v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Flush'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/flush.html. 1828.
