Definition of flush

adjective (a)

• Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (noun.time)

  Synonym: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime
  

  source: wordnet30
• a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health (noun.state)

  Synonym: bloom, blush, rosiness
  

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• sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) (noun.state)

  Synonym: hot flash
  

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• a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit (noun.group)

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• the swift release of a store of affective force (noun.feeling)

  Synonym: bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill
  

  source: wordnet30
• a sudden rapid flow (as of water) (noun.event)

  Synonym: gush, outpouring
  

  Example:
  He heard the flush of a toilet.
  

  source: wordnet30
• sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) (noun.act)

  Synonym: blush
  

  source: wordnet30
• A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. (noun)

  source: webster1913

adverb (r)

• squarely or solidly (adv.all)

  Example:
  Hit him flush in the face.
  

  source: wordnet30
• in the same plane (adv.all)

  Example:
  Set it flush with the top of the table.
  

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• So as to be level or even. (adverb)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane (adj.all)

  Example:
  A door flush with the wall.
  The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
  

  source: wordnet30
• having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value (adj.all)

  Synonym: affluent, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
  

  Example:
  A speculator flush with cash.
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame (verb.body)

  Synonym: blush, crimson, redden
  

  source: wordnet30
• flow freely (verb.change)

  Synonym: flush down, wash down
  

  Example:
  The garbage flushed down the river.
  

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• glow or cause to glow with warm color or light (verb.perception)

  Example:
  The sky flushed with rosy splendor.
  

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• make level or straight (verb.contact)

  Synonym: even, even out, level
  

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• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid (verb.change)

  Synonym: purge, scour
  

  Example:
  Flush the wound with antibiotics.
  

  source: wordnet30
• irrigate with water from a sluice (verb.change)

  Synonym: sluice
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to flow or flood with or as if with water (verb.change)

  Example:
  Flush the meadows.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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