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flush2

Pronunciation: /flʌʃ/

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Definition of flush

adjective

  • 1completely level or even with another surface:the gates are flush with the adjoining fencing
  • (of printed text) not indented or protruding:each line is flush with the left-hand margin
  • (of a door) having a smooth surface, without indented or protruding panels or mouldings.
  • 2 [predic.] informal having plenty of something, especially money:the banks are flush with funds
  • (of money) plentiful:the years when cash was flush

adverb

  • 1so as to be level or even:the screw must fit flush with the surface
  • 2so as to be directly centred; squarely:Hodson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right

verb

[with object]
  • fill in (a joint) level with a surface.

Derivatives

flushness

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'perfect, lacking nothing'): probably related to flush1

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Definition of flush in the US English dictionary

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