flush

I UK [flʌʃ] / US verb
Word forms "flush":
present tense I/you/we/they flush he/she/it flushes present participle flushing past tense flushed past participle flushed
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1) [intransitive] if someone flushes, their face becomes red because they are hot or ill, or are feeling angry, embarrassed, or excited

Lisa flushed and looked away.

flush with:

Mark flushed with annoyance, but said nothing.

someone's face/cheeks flush (with something):

Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

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Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with flush
▪  angrily, darkly, deeply, guiltily, hotly

2) [intransitive/transitive] to make water pass through a toilet

a) flush or flush away

[transitive] to get rid of something by putting it into a toilet and flushing it flush something down the toilet:

If any medicine is left over, flush it down the toilet.

b) [intransitive] if a toilet flushes, water passes through it

The loo won't flush!

3) [transitive] to clean something by pouring a lot of water over it or through it

Hot water is then flushed through the pipe.

4) flush or flush out

[transitive] to force a person or animal to leave a place where they have been hiding flush someone from something:

The rebels were flushed from their hiding places and shot.

Phrasal verbs:

- flush out

II UK [flʌʃ] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "flush":
singular flush plural flushes

1)

a) [usually singular] a red colour that appears on someone's face because they are hot or ill, or are feeling angry, embarrassed, or excited

A dark flush betrayed her real feelings.

b) a sudden strong feeling

a flush of irritation/embarrassment/anger/pride

2)

a) a piece of equipment on the toilet that makes water pass through it

a flush toilet

b) an act of making water pass through a toilet in order to clean it

3) a group of cards held by someone in a card game that all belong to the same suit (= one of the four types of a set of cards)

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the first flush of youth/success/love/freedom etc — mainly literary the time when something is new and exciting

She was still in the first flush of her huge success.

III UK [flʌʃ] / US adjective

1) if two surfaces or edges are flush, they are exactly level with each other

The cupboard doors aren't quite flush.

flush with:

Try to trim the hedge so it's flush with the fence.

2) informal with a lot more money than you usually have

Sammy was feeling flush after a win at the races.

IV UK [flʌʃ] / US adverb

fitted so that two surfaces or edges are exactly level

flush with:

hand-painted tiles set flush with the wall