flush meaning and definition

FLUSH noun

Definition of 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)
   • 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, kick, rush, thrill
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

FLUSH verb

Definition of flush (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. glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
   • "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
4. make level or straight
   • "level the ground"
   • synonyms: even, even out, level
5. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
   • "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
   • synonyms: purge, scour
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"

FLUSH adjective

Definition of flush (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

FLUSH adverb

Definition of flush (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"