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Flush   /fləʃ/   Listen
Flush

noun
1.
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.  Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime.
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).  Synonym: hot flash.
4.
A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit.
5.
The swift release of a store of affective force.  Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill.  "What a boot!" , "He got a quick rush from injecting heroin" , "He does it for kicks"
6.
A sudden rapid flow (as of water).  Synonyms: gush, outpouring.  "There was a little gush of blood" , "She attacked him with an outpouring of words"
7.
Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty).  Synonym: blush.
verb
(past & past part. flushed; pres. part. flushing)
1.
Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.  Synonyms: blush, crimson, redden.
2.
Flow freely.
3.
Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light.
4.
Make level or straight.  Synonyms: even, even out, level.
5.
Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid.  Synonyms: purge, scour.  "Purge the old gas tank"
6.
Irrigate with water from a sluice.  Synonym: sluice.
7.
Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water.
adjective
1.
Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane.  "The bottom of the window is flush with the floor"
2.
Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.  Synonyms: affluent, loaded, moneyed, wealthy.  "A speculator flush with cash" , "Not merely rich but loaded" , "Moneyed aristocrats" , "Wealthy corporations"
adverb
1.
Squarely or solidly.
2.
In the same plane.



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"Flush" Quotes from Famous Books



... rending the sky. We hear the fierce roar of the contending surges, yet we see them not. We hear the quivering sails and strained sheets, creaking and fluttering like imprisoned spirits, above and around us, but all is solemnly invisible; now, see in the distant horizon the faint premonitory flush of light, preceding the vivid lightning flash—now, for a moment, every thing—sky—water—sheet—shroud and spar are glowing with a brilliancy that exceedeth the brightness of day—the sky is a broad canopy of golden radiance, and the waves are crested ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 • Various
... his pocket-book and a little flush of colour came suddenly into her cheeks. He drew out ...
— The Kingdom of the Blind • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... brothers determined to find out. The hair still curled distractingly behind the pretty ears, and fluffed into burnished bronze where the wind had loosened it. The cheeks were paler now, though the rose-flush still glowed warmly through the clear, smooth skin. The mouth—Billy's mouth had always been fascinating, Bertram suddenly decided, as he watched it now. He wanted to paint it—again. It was not too large for beauty nor too small for strength. It curved ...
— Miss Billy • Eleanor H. Porter
... peace," interrupts Abyedok. He laughs in a self-satisfied way. His laughter is impudent and insolent, and is echoed by Simtsoff, the Deacon and Paltara Taras. The naive eyes of young Meteor light up, and his cheeks flush crimson. ...
— Creatures That Once Were Men • Maxim Gorky
... silent. His hand closed involuntarily upon the back of his master's chair. The flush died out ...
— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell


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