flush /ˈflʌʃ/
流溢,面紅,旺盛,發燒,驚飛的鳥,一手同花的五張牌(a.)豐足的,齊平的
flush /ˈfləʃ/ 名詞
沖洗,水淹,新條,萌蘗枝,潮紅
flush
齊界; 清除
flush
閃 沖
Flush, v. t.
1. 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.
2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek. --Gay.
Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose,
Flushing his brow. --Keats.
3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
How faintly flushed. how phantom fair,
Was Monte Rosa, hanging there! --Tennyson.
4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition. --South.
5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
6. To cause to 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.
To flush a joints Masonry, to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.
Flush v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.]
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle.
It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.
4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.
Flush, v. i. Mining (a) 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. (b) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
Flush, n.
1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
In manner of a wave or flush. --Ray.
2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
The flush of angered shame. --Tennyson.
3. 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.
4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
6. A hand of cards, all of the same suit; -- especially significant in poker, where five cards of the same suit constitute a flush, which beats a straight but is beaten by a full house or four of a kind.
Flush, a.
1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. --Shak.
2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot.
3. Arch. & Mech. Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
4. Card Playing Consisting of cards of one suit.
Flush bolt. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith.
Flush deck. Naut. See under Deck, n., 1.
Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.
Flush adv. So as to be level or even.
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flush
adj 1: of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the
same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom
of the window is flush with the floor" [syn: flush(p)]
2: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;
"an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not
merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy
corporations" [syn: affluent, loaded, moneyed, wealthy]
n 1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower,
prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence]
2: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of
good health [syn: bloom, blush, rosiness]
3: sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause
and some mental disorders) [syn: hot flash]
4: a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
5: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick
rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn:
bang, boot, charge, rush, thrill, kick]
6: a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a
toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked
him with an outpouring of words" [syn: gush, outpouring]
7: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt
or shame or modesty) [syn: blush]
adv 1: squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
2: in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed
when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: blush,
crimson, redden]
2: flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
3: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: level, even
out, even]
4: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]
5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: scour, purge]
6: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn:
sluice]
7: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the
meadows"