Definition of 'flush'

Noun

1. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
      Synonyms: flower prime peak heyday bloom blossom efflorescence
2. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
      Synonyms: bloom blush rosiness
3. sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
      Synonyms: hot flash
4. a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
5. 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"
      Synonyms: bang boot charge rush thrill kick
6. 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"
      Synonyms: gush outpouring
7. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
      Synonyms: blush

Verb

1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
      Synonyms: blush crimson redden
2. flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
3. make level or straight; "level the ground"
      Synonyms: level even out even
4. polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
      Synonyms: buff burnish furbish
5. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
      Synonyms: scour purge
6. irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
      Synonyms: sluice
7. cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"

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"
2. 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"
      Synonyms: affluent loaded moneyed wealthy

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"

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