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flush
Verb
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To flush is to have your skin turn red from fever or emotion.
The sick boy's face was flushed.
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To flush is to clean with a sudden flow of water.
Heavy rain would flush the rubbish out of the drain.
He forgot to flush the toilet after using it.
flush
Adjective
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To be flush is to be level or even.
The tiles had to be flush with each other so that people would not trip over them.
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(game) Flush cards are all of the same suit.
In poker he was dealt five hearts, a flush.
antenna
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noun
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
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noun
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
he had a special antenna for public relations
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noun
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste