flush | English to English Dictionary

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flush

(fl/@//S/ )

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity(noun.time)

Synonym:
bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime

source: wordnet30
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health(noun.state)

Synonym:
bloom, blush, rosiness

source: wordnet30
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)(noun.state)

Synonym:
hot flash

source: wordnet30
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
the swift release of a store of affective force(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill

source: wordnet30
a sudden rapid flow (as of water)(noun.event)

Example:
He heard the flush of a toilet.

Synonym:
gush, outpouring

source: wordnet30
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)(noun.act)

Synonym:
blush

source: wordnet30
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.(noun)

source: webster1913

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame(verb.body)

Synonym:
blush, crimson, redden

source: wordnet30
flow freely(verb.change)

Example:
The garbage flushed down the river.

Synonym:
flush down, wash down

source: wordnet30
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light(verb.perception)

Example:
The sky flushed with rosy splendor.

source: wordnet30
make level or straight(verb.contact)

Synonym:
even, even out, level

source: wordnet30
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid(verb.change)

Example:
Flush the wound with antibiotics.

Synonym:
purge, scour

source: wordnet30
irrigate with water from a sluice(verb.change)

Synonym:
sluice

source: wordnet30
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water(verb.change)

Example:
Flush the meadows.

source: wordnet30
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.(verb)

source: webster1913
To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.(verb)

source: webster1913