flush

Noun
  1. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity (synset 115320288)
    is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
    subtypes: golden age - a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak
    same as: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime
  2. A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health (synset 114074353)
    is a type of: good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
    same as: bloom, blush, rosiness
  3. Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) (synset 114359574)
    is a type of: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
    same as: hot flash
  4. A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit (synset 107974810)
    is a type of: poker hand - the 5 cards held in a game of poker
  5. The swift release of a store of affective force (synset 107543858)
    "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
    is a type of: excitement, exhilaration - the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
    same as: bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill
  6. A sudden rapid flow (as of water) (synset 107454170)
    "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"
    is a type of: flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
    subtypes: springtide - a swelling rush of anything
    same as: gush, outpouring
  7. Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) (synset 100119088)
    is a type of: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
    same as: blush
Adverb
  1. Squarely or solidly (synset 400087855)
    "hit him flush in the face"
  2. In the same plane (synset 400087937)
    "set it flush with the top of the table"
Adjective
  1. Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane (synset 300913656)
    "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"
    similar to: even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
  2. Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value (synset 302029380)
    "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"; "a substantial family"
    similar to: rich - possessing material wealth
    same as: affluent, loaded, moneyed, substantial, wealthy
Verb
  1. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame (synset 200103071)
    "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
    is a type of: color, colour, discolor, discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner
    same as: blush, crimson, redden
  2. Flow freely (synset 200456167)
    "The garbage flushed down the river"
    is a type of: course, feed, flow, run - move along, of liquids
    subtypes: flush down, wash down - flow freely
  3. Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light (synset 202203949)
    "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
    is a type of: glow - emit a steady even light without flames
  4. Make level or straight (synset 201309802)
    "level the ground"
    is a type of: change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
    subtypes:
    • grade - level to the right gradient
    • strickle, strike - smooth with a strickle
    • strickle - level off with a strickle in a measuring container
    same as: even, even out, level
  5. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid (synset 200456484)
    "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
    is a type of: rinse, rinse off - wash off soap or remaining dirt
    same as: purge, scour
  6. Irrigate with water from a sluice (synset 200456323)
    "sluice the earth"
    is a type of: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
    same as: sluice
  7. Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water (synset 200455823)
    "flush the meadows"
    causes: course, feed, flow, run - move along, of liquids
    is a type of: irrigate, water - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
    subtypes:
    • perfuse, suffuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
    • perfuse - force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)

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