flush

  1. Adjective.  smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
  2. Adjective.  wealthy or well off.
  3. Adjective.  (typography) Short for ''flush left and right''; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
  4. Noun.  A cleansing with plenty of fluid.
  5. Noun.  Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
  6. Noun.  (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
  10. Verb.  (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
  11. Verb.  (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
  12. Verb.  (intransitive) (Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
  13. Verb.  (intransitive) (Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents.

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