To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.

A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of
water for cleansing purposes.

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.

To excite; to animate; to stir.

To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the
blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.

To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red;
to blush.

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes
into the face.

To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if
suffused with blood.