Definitions
1.verbTo cause to take flight from concealment."The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake."
2.verbTo take suddenly to flight, especially from cover."A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth."
3.verbTo cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid."Flush the injury with plenty of water."
4.verbParticularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
5.verbTo become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush."The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion."
6.verbTo cause to blush.
7.verbTo cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water."to flush the meadows"
8.verbTo excite, inflame.
9.verb(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."
10.verbTo clear (a buffer) of its contents.
11.verbTo flow and spread suddenly; to rush."Blood flushes into the face."
12.verbTo show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
13.verbTo fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
14.verbTo operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
15.verbTo fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
16.verbTo dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
17.adjectiveRed in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.