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| 1. n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc. |  |
| 2. v. To cause to take flight from concealment. | |
| The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. | |
| A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth. | |
| 4. adj. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. | |
| Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface. | |
| 5. adj. Wealthy or well off. | |
| He just got a bonus so he's flush today. | |
| 6. adj. (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins. | |
| 7. adj. Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright. | |
| 8. adj. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. | |
| 9. n. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. | |
| 10. n. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet. | |
| 11. n. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. | |
| 12. n. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood. | |
| the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset | |
| 13. n. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc. | |
| a flush of joy | |
| 14. v. To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid. | |
| Flush the injury with plenty of water. | |
| 15. v. Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush. | |
| The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion. | |
| 17. v. To cause to blush. | |
| 18. v. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water. | |
| to flush the meadows | |
| 19. v. To excite, inflame. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water. | |
| There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents. | |
| 22. v. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush. | |
| Blood flushes into the face. | |
| 23. v. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow. | |
| 24. v. (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush. | |
| 25. v. (mining, intransitive) 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. | |
| 26. v. (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass. | |
| 27. n. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit. | |
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