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flush in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
    "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"
    affluent  flush  loaded  moneyed  wealthy 
  2. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
    "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"
    flush 
noun
  1. the swift release of a store of affective force
    "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
    bang  boot  charge  rush  flush  thrill  kick 
  2. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
    bloom  blush  flush  rosiness 
  3. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
    flower  prime  peak  heyday  bloom  blossom  efflorescence  flush 
  4. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
    blush  flush 
  5. a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
    "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"
    flush  gush  outpouring 
  6. a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
    flush 
  7. sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
    hot flash  flush 
verb
  1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
    "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
    blush  crimson  flush  redden 
  2. make level or straight
    "level the ground"
    flush  level  even out  even 
  3. flow freely
    "The garbage flushed down the river"
    flush 
  4. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
    "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
    flush  scour  purge 
  5. irrigate with water from a sluice
    "sluice the earth"
    sluice  flush 
  6. cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
    "flush the meadows"
    flush 
  7. glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
    "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
    flush 
adverb
  1. squarely or solidly
    "hit him flush in the face"
    flush  flush 
  2. in the same plane
    "set it flush with the top of the table"
    flush  flush 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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