Meaning of 'flush'

verb

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

Example: "flush the wound with antibiotics"

Synonyms: purge

verb

make level or straight

Synonyms: even level even out

verb

glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

Example: "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"

adverb

squarely or solidly

Example: "I hit the jerk flush in the face."

adverb

in the same plane

Example: "set it flush with the top of the table"

adjective

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Synonyms: loaded affluent moneyed wealthy

noun

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

Synonyms: blush

noun

a sudden rapid flow, as of water

Example: "I heard the flush of a toilet."

Synonyms: outpouring

noun

the swift release of a store of affective force

Synonyms: kick

noun

a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

noun

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

Synonyms: blush

noun

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

Synonyms: hot flash

noun

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Synonyms: prime peak bloom efflorescence blossom flower heyday

verb

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Synonyms: blush

verb

cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

Example: "flush the meadows"

verb

flow freely

Example: "The garbage flushed down the river"

Synonyms: wash down flush down

verb

irrigate with water from a sluice

Synonyms: sluice

adjective

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