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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Flush'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/flush.html. 1828.
 
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