flush

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A hand in which all the cards are of the same suit but not in numerical sequence, ranked above a straight and below a full house in poker.
• intransitive verb To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
• intransitive verb To drive or force into the open.
• intransitive verb To dart out or fly from cover.
• noun A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.
• intransitive verb To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
• intransitive verb To glow, especially with a reddish color.
• intransitive verb To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
• intransitive verb To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.
• intransitive verb To cause to redden or glow.
• intransitive verb To excite or elate.
• intransitive verb To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water.
• intransitive verb To drive away with a rapid flow of a liquid.
• intransitive verb To remove or eliminate.
• noun A flooding flow or rush, as of water.
• noun The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.
• noun A blush or glow.
• noun A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
• noun A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
• noun A rush of strong feeling.
• noun A state of great vigor or development. synonym: bloom.
• adjective Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
• adjective Having an abundant supply of something, especially money.
• adjective Marked by abundance; plentiful.
• adjective Having surfaces in the same plane; even.
• adjective Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together: synonym: level.
• adjective Printing Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented.
• adjective Direct, straightforward, or solid.
• adjective Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing.
• adverb So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.
• adverb Squarely or solidly.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To become suffused with color, as the face or the sky; redden; blush; glow.
• To make suddenly red; suffuse with color; redden; cause to blush; cause to ***ow; color.
• noun A piece of moist ground; a place where water frequently lies; a morass.
• noun A run of water.
• noun An increase of water in a river.
• noun Snow in a state of dissolution; slush.
• To encourage; elate; excite the spirits of; animate with joy: originally the same as flesh.
• To fly out suddenly, as a bird when disturbed: start up or fly off.
• In sporting, to rouse and cause to start up or fly off; spring: as, to flush a woodcock; to flush a covey; to flush the trout.
• noun The act of starting or flushing a bird.
• noun A bird, or a flock of birds, suddenly started or sprung.
• noun A great number.
• noun Abundance; exuberance.
• Full, in any respect; exuberant; plentiful.