Flush
FLUSH, verb intransitive
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
2. To come in haste; to start.
3. To appear suddenly, as redness or a blush.
A blush rose on their cheeks, flushing and fading like the changeful play of colors on a dolphin.
4. To become suddenly red; to glow; as, the cheeks flush
5. To be gay, splendid or beautiful.
At once, arrayed in all the colors of the flushing year, the garden glows.
FLUSH, verb transitive
1. To redden suddenly; to cause the blood to rush suddenly into the face.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
2. To elate; to elevate; to excite the spirits; to animate with joy; as, to flush with victory.
FLUSH, adjective
1. Fresh, full of vigor; glowing; bright.
FLUSH as May.
2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.
3. Free to spend; liberal; prodigal. He is very flush with his money. This is a popular use of the word in America.
A flush deck, in seamen's language, is a deck without a half-deck or forecastle.
FLUSH, noun
1. A sudden flow of blood to the face; or more generally, the redness of face which proceeds from such an afflux of blood. Hectic constitutions are often known by a frequent flush in the cheeks.
2. Sudden impulse or excitement; sudden flow; as a flush of joy.
3. Bloom; growth; abundance.
4. A run of cards of the same suit.
5. A term for a number of ducks.