FLUSHED

To cause to take flight from concealment.

Example: "The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake."

To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

Example: "A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth."

To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.

Example: "Flush the injury with plenty of water."

Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.

To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.

Example: "The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion."

To cause to blush.

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

Example: "To flush the meadows"

To excite, inflame.

(of a toilet) to be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.

Example: "There must be somebody home: i just heard the toilet flushing."

To clear (a buffer) of its contents.

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.

Example: "Blood flushes into the face."

To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

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

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.

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

To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet