flush
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Is flush a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.Examples: "The dogs flushed the deer from the woods."Synonyms: drive#Verb, flush out, scare uptransitive
2. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.Examples: "A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth."; "But then as little VVrens but nevvly fledge, / […] / His fellovv noting his agilitie, / Thinkes he as vvell may venter as the other, / So fluſhing from one ſpray vnto another, / Gets to the top, and then enbold'ned flies, / Vnto an height paſt ken of humane eyes: […]"; "The birds seem to lie very close and must be nearly stepped on before they will flush."intransitive
adj (English)
1. (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.Synonyms: forced, forced justified, force justified, justifiedabbreviationalt-ofellipsis
noun (English)
1. (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.countableuncountable
2. (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.Examples: "Flush the injury with plenty of water."transitive
2. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.transitive
3. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.Examples: "The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion."; "She turned, laughing at the surprise, and flushing with pleasure."Synonyms: blushintransitive
4. (transitive) To cause to blush.Examples: "Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek."; "Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, / Flushing his brow, [...]"; ""Who plants a seed begets a bud, -- Extract of that same root; -- Why marvel at the hectic blood -- That flushes this wild fruit?""transitive
5. (transitive) To excite, inflame.Examples: "such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition"; "Chill depths of the spirit are flushed to a fever, The nightmare silence is broken. We are not lost."transitive
6. (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.Examples: "There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
Definition source: Wiktionary