Definition of "flush" in İngilizce

noun

A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.

verb

(transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- The dogs flushed the deer from the woods.
(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.

adjective

Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
Wealthy or well off.
- He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
(typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.

adverb

Suddenly and completely.
- I landed flush on the couch.

noun

A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
(computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- a flush of joy
(skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.

verb

(transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- Flush the injury with plenty of water.
(transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
(intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
(transitive) To cause to blush.

To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.

to flush the meadows

(transitive) To excite, inflame.

(intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.

There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.

(transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.

(transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.

flush to disk

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.

Blood flushes into the face.

To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

(masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.

(mining, intransitive) 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.

(mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.

(intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.

(Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.

noun

A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- The inland distribution of Plantago maritima in Ireland and Britain is … generally associated with base-rich soils or with flushes in more acidic upland soils. … Many of these inland sites are on uplands of both acidic and basic rock. … associated with calcareous, nutrient-poor flushes, …

noun

(poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.