flush betydelser och definitioner

To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.

To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn.

To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.

To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.

To cause to redden or glow.

To excite or elate: The team was flushed with the success of victory.

To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water: flush a toilet; flush a wound with iodine.

To remove or eliminate by or as if by flushing: "The weakness in demand and productivity will at least ... flush out some of the inflation premium that has been built into interest rates” ( Fortune).

A flooding flow or rush, as of water.

The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.

A blush or glow: "here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud” ( Willa Cather).

A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.

A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.

A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride.

A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom1.

Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.

Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich.

Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom.

Swelling; overflowing: rivers flush with the spring rains.

Having surfaces in the same plane; even.

Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together: a sofa flush against the wall. See Synonyms at level.

Printing Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented.

Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw.

Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet.

So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.