[flʌʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion
(e.g: Rachel flushed angrily)

- cleanse (something, especially a toilet) by causing large quantities of water to pass through it
(e.g: she flushed the loo)

- drive (a bird, especially a game bird, or an animal) from its cover
(e.g: the grouse were flushed from the woods)

- (of a plant) send out fresh shoots
(e.g: the plant had started to flush by late March)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash and blush

[flʌʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion
(e.g: a flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks)

- a sudden rush of intense emotion
(e.g: I was carried away in a flush of enthusiasm)

- an act of cleansing something, especially a toilet, with a sudden flow of water
(e.g: an old-fashioned toilet uses six or seven gallons a flush)

- the action of driving an animal or game bird from its cover
(e.g: Labradors retrieve the birds after the flush)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash and blush

[flʌʃ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- completely level or even with another surface
(e.g: the gates are flush with the adjoining fencing)

- having plenty of something, especially money
(e.g: the banks are flush with funds)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush

[flʌʃ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- so as to be level or even
(e.g: the screw must fit flush with the surface)

- so as to be directly centred; squarely
(e.g: Hodson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush

[flʌʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fill in (a joint) level with a surface


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush

[flʌʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in poker or brag) a hand of cards all of the same suit


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: from French flux (formerly flus), from Latin fluxus ‘a flow’(see flux: the use in cards can be compared with English run)

[flʌʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece of wet ground over which water flows without being confined to a definite channel


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘marshy place’): variant of flash