FLUSH (2)

flush (2). Flush, n. a violent flow, impulse, cards of a suit

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Flush, v. t. 1. 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. 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. Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow. Keats. 3. 3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging there! Tennyson. 4. 4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition. South. 5. 5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. Nares.
To flush a joints (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.