flush
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. 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
Similar word(s): even
2. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- a speculator flush with cash
Similar word(s): rich, affluent, loaded, moneyed, substantial, wealthy
Sentences with flush as an adjective:
- Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
- He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
adverb
1. squarely or solidly
- hit him flush in the face
2. in the same plane
- set it flush with the top of the table
noun
1. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Similar word(s): bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime
Definition categories: time, period
2. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Similar word(s): bloom, blush, rosiness
Definition categories: state, healthiness
3. sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
Definition categories: state, symptom
4. a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
Definition categories: group
5. the swift release of a store of affective force
Similar word(s): bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill
Definition categories: feeling, excitement, exhilaration
6. a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- he heard the flush of a toilet
Similar word(s): gush, outpouring
Definition categories: event, flow, flowing
7. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Similar word(s): blush
Definition categories: act, reflex
Sentences with flush as a noun:
- the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset
- a flush of joy
verb
1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Similar word(s): blush, crimson, redden
Definition categories: body, color, colour, discolor, discolour
2. flow freely
- The garbage flushed down the river
Definition categories: change, course, feed, flow, run
3. glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- the sky flushed with rosy splendor
Definition categories: perception, glow
4. make level or straight
Definition categories: contact
5. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- flush the wound with antibiotics
Definition categories: change, rinse
6. irrigate with water from a sluice
Similar word(s): sluice
Definition categories: change, douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse
7. cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- flush the meadows
Definition categories: change, irrigate, water
Sentences with flush as a verb:
- The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
- A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
- Flush the injury with plenty of water.
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
- to flush the meadows
- There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.
- Blood flushes into the face.