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Look up: flush

  1. Flush
    1. To open a cold-water tap to clear out all the water which may have been sitting for a long time in the pipes. In new homes, to flush a system means to send large volumes of water gushing through the unused pipes to remove loose particles of solder and flux. 2. To force large amounts of water through a system to clean out piping or tubing, and storage or process tanks.
    Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/

  2. flush
    [adv] - in the same plane 2. [adv] - squarely or solidly 3. [n] - a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit 4. [n] - a sudden rapid flow (as of water) 5. [v] - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid 6. [v] - flow freely 7. [v] - cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Flush
    Cleanse a muscle by increasing the blood supply to it, removing toxins left in muscle by exertion.
    Found on http://www.netfit.co.uk/glossary/fitness

  4. flush
    To align, to be even with. (flush right to a margin for example).
    Found on http://www.bishops-printers.co.uk/printi

  5. Flush
    When the quarry breaks cover.
    Found on http://www.nbpc.co.uk/glossary.htm

  6. Flush
    This term refers to any five cards, regardless of value, which are of the same suit.
    Found on http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-Gl

  7. flush
    (data) To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation. Flush was standard ITS terminology for aborting an output operation. One spoke of the text that would have been printed, but was not, as having been flushed. It is speculated that this term arose from a vivid image of flushing unwanted characters by hosing down the interna...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  8. Flush
    Flush: (1) A redness of the skin, typically over the cheeks or neck. A flush is usually temporary and brought on by excitement, exercise, fever, or embarrassment. Flushing is an involuntary (uncontrollable) response of the nervous system leading to widening of the capillaries of the involved skin. Also referred to as a blush (or, as a verb, to blus ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  9. flush
    to cleanse by a rapid flow of fluid Category: Mechanical engineering • a fresh growth of foliage or blossom,particularly when rather sudden Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a site around a streamlet or spring that is kept wet or moist(flushed)by moving water Category: Botany and zoology • redness of the face and neck. ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. flush
    Aligned or even with a margin, as in flush left (left aligned or left justified) text.
    Found on http://www.stmarys.tlfe.org/subjects/inf

  11. Flush
    Cleanse a muscle by increasing the blood supply to it, removing toxins left in muscle by exertion.
    Found on http://fitandhealthysolutions.com/termin

  12. Flush
    Flush intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flushed ; present participle & verbal noun Flushing .] [ Confer Middle English fluschen to fly up, penetrate, French fluz a flowing, English flux , dial. Swedish flossa to blaze, and English flash ; perhaps influenced by blush . √84 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/49

  13. Flush
    Flush transitive verb 1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer. 2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement. « Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.» Gay. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  14. Flush
    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 face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. « The flush of angered shame.» Tennyson. 3. Any tinge o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  15. Flush
    Flush adjective 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. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  16. Flush
    Flush adverb So as to be level or even.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  17. Flush
    Flush transitive verb To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  18. Flush
    Flush intransitive verb (Mining) (a) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood. (b) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  19. flush
    <clinical sign> Transient, episodic redness of the face and neck caused by certain diseases, ingestion of certain drugs or other substances, heat, emotional factors or physical exertion. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  20. flush
    adverb squarely or solidly; `hit him flush in the face`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. flush
    gush noun a sudden rapid flow (as of water); `he heard the flush of a toilet`; `there was a little gush of blood`; `she attacked him with an outpouring of words`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. flush
    noun a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. flush
    verb flow freely; `The garbage flushed down the river`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. flush
    verb rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; `flush the wound with antibiotics`; `purge the old gas tank`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  25. flush
    even verb make level or straight; `level the ground`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?


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23 November 2009

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