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Like the other people are saying, it means" flat" or "broken outer surface". Are you familiar with poker? We have another use of the word `flush` in that conte

Like the other people are saying, it means" flat" or "broken outer surface". Are you familiar with poker? We have another use of the word `flush` in that context, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poker_hands#Flush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poker_hands#Flush where all of the cards are the same suit. So it's a similar use of flush in this instance, that everything is the same. It's similar to this thread's use of "flush".

ChristianGeek 10y ago
The poker analogy is terrible.
- salmon30salmon 10y ago
  Please keep comments constructive. This does not help the original questioner, who may not understand why it isn't a fantastic analogy. Please either refrain from the negative commentary, or enhance the conversation by clarifying why you feel it is lacking.
  - placeybordeaux 10y ago
    In this case the poker analogy is terrible because in this case flush is talking about a physical surface being unbroken while poker is talking about a collection of items all being the same.
    - cglace 10y ago
      Wouldn't that be a very similar meaning? An unbroken chain of cards of the same suit? Makes sense to me.
      - xapata 10y ago
        I think a flush in poker may have been more inspired by the sense of being full -- "flush with cash".
- civilian 10y ago
  It's not an analogy! It's another similar use of the word. As long as he's learning one more definition for the word flush, why not one more?
  - back_beyond 10y ago
    We should not forget that flush also refers to the time when a person's face becomes red. As in, your face will go flush if you realize your credit card reader is not flush because you might have just flushed all your winnings from having a poker flush down the toilet.
evanb 10y ago
"Flush" in the poker context has more to do with definitions 1 (Abundantly full. In later use chiefly of a stream, etc.: Full to overflowing, swollen, in flood.) and 3 (Plentifully supplied (esp. with money).) rather than 5 (Even, level, in the same plane with / Even or level with the adjacent surface.). To be "flush with money" is to have a lot of money---in poker, to be flush with hearts is to have 5 hearts. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/72182?rskey=4UKORw&result=4&isAdvanced=false#eid http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/72182?rskey=4UKORw&result=4&is...

ChristianGeek 10y ago

The poker analogy is terrible.

salmon30salmon 10y ago
Please keep comments constructive. This does not help the original questioner, who may not understand why it isn't a fantastic analogy. Please either refrain from the negative commentary, or enhance the conversation by clarifying why you feel it is lacking.
- placeybordeaux 10y ago
  In this case the poker analogy is terrible because in this case flush is talking about a physical surface being unbroken while poker is talking about a collection of items all being the same.
  - cglace 10y ago
    Wouldn't that be a very similar meaning? An unbroken chain of cards of the same suit? Makes sense to me.
    - xapata 10y ago
      I think a flush in poker may have been more inspired by the sense of being full -- "flush with cash".
civilian 10y ago
It's not an analogy! It's another similar use of the word. As long as he's learning one more definition for the word flush, why not one more?
- back_beyond 10y ago
  We should not forget that flush also refers to the time when a person's face becomes red. As in, your face will go flush if you realize your credit card reader is not flush because you might have just flushed all your winnings from having a poker flush down the toilet.

evanb 10y ago

"Flush" in the poker context has more to do with definitions 1 (Abundantly full. In later use chiefly of a stream, etc.: Full to overflowing, swollen, in flood.) and 3 (Plentifully supplied (esp. with money).) rather than 5 (Even, level, in the same plane with / Even or level with the adjacent surface.). To be "flush with money" is to have a lot of money---in poker, to be flush with hearts is to have 5 hearts. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/72182?rskey=4UKORw&result=4&isAdvanced=false#eid http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/72182?rskey=4UKORw&result=4&is...