FLUSH
adjective
Definitions
- 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. Shak.
- 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. Arbuthnot.
- 3. Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
- 4. Consisting of cards of one suit. Flush bolt. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. -- Flush deck. (Naut.) See under Deck, n., 1. -- Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
FLUSH
(adverb)
So as to be level or even.
FLUSH
(noun)
1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. In manner of a wave or flush. Ray.
2. A suffusion of the fa...
FLUSH
(verb)
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. The flushing noise of many waters. Boyle. It flushes violently out of the co...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
