Overview of noun flush

The noun flush has 7 senses

• flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush -- (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)


• bloom, blush, flush, rosiness -- (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)


• hot flash, flush -- (sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders))


• flush -- (a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit)


• bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick -- (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")


• flush, gush, outpouring -- (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")


• blush, flush -- (sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty))

Overview of verb flush

The verb flush has 7 senses

• blush, crimson, flush, redden -- (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by")


• flush -- (flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river")


• flush -- (glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor")


• flush, level, even out, even -- (make level or straight; "level the ground")


• flush, scour, purge -- (rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank")


• sluice, flush -- (irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth")


• flush -- (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows")

Overview of adj flush

The adj flush has 2 senses

• flush -- (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")


• affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy -- (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")

Overview of adv flush

The adv flush has 2 senses

• flush -- (squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face")


• flush -- (in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table")