flush
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌʃ
[edit] Adjective
flush (comparative flusher, superlative flushest)
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- smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
- wealthy or well off.
- He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
- (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
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- (typography): double-clean, flush left and right, forced, forced justified, force justified, justified
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wealthy or well off
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[edit] Noun
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flush (plural flushes)
- A cleansing with plenty of fluid.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
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A cleansing with plenty of fluid
Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet
A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit
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to flush (third-person singular simple present flushes, present participle flushing, simple past and past participle flushed)
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- Flush the injury with plenty of water.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance.
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, esp. from cover.
- A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
- (intransitive) (Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (intransitive) (Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents.
[edit] Translations
Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water
To take suddenly to flight, esp. from cover
To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water
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From English
[edit] Noun
flush m. (plural flushs)
- (poker) flush