Definitions for flush

Definitions for (noun) flush

Main entry: blush, flush

Definition: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)


Main entry: flush, gush, outpouring

Definition: a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

Usage: he heard the flush of a toilet; there was a little gush of blood; she attacked him with an outpouring of words


Main entry: flush, kick, boot, charge, bang, thrill, rush

Definition: the swift release of a store of affective force

Usage: they got a great bang out of it; what a boot!; he got a quick rush from injecting heroin; he does it for kicks


Main entry: flush

Definition: a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit


Main entry: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness

Definition: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health


Main entry: flush, hot flash

Definition: sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)


Main entry: peak, prime, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, heyday, flower, flush

Definition: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity


Definitions for (verb) flush

Main entry: crimson, redden, flush, blush

Definition: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Usage: The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by


Main entry: flush

Definition: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

Usage: flush the meadows


Main entry: flush

Definition: flow freely

Usage: The garbage flushed down the river


Main entry: flush, sluice

Definition: irrigate with water from a sluice

Usage: sluice the earth


Main entry: scour, flush, purge

Definition: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

Usage: flush the wound with antibiotics; purge the old gas tank


Main entry: level, flush, even, even out

Definition: make level or straight

Usage: level the ground


Main entry: flush

Definition: glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

Usage: the sky flushed with rosy splendor


Definitions for (adj) flush

Main entry: flush

Definition: of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane

Usage: a door flush with the wall; the bottom of the window is flush with the floor


Main entry: wealthy, flush, moneyed, affluent, loaded

Definition: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Usage: an affluent banker; a speculator flush with cash; not merely rich but loaded; moneyed aristocrats; wealthy corporations


Definitions for (adv) flush

Main entry: flush

Definition: squarely or solidly

Usage: hit him flush in the face


Main entry: flush

Definition: in the same plane

Usage: set it flush with the top of the table


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