| Noun | 1. | flush - the period of greatest prosperity or productivityperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" golden age - a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema" | |
| 2. | flush - a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | |
| 3. | flush - sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
| 4. | flush - a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit | |
| 5. | flush - 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"excitement, exhilaration - the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" | |
| 6. | flush - 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"flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) springtide - a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity" | |
| 7. | flush - sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) | |
| Verb | 1. | flush - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" | |
| 2. | flush - flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" | |
| 3. | flush - make level or straight; "level the ground"grade - level to the right gradient strickle, strike - smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" | |
| 4. | flush - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" | |
| 5. | flush - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" | |
| 6. | flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" | |
| 7. | flush - cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"irrigate, water - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" suffuse, perfuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" perfuse - force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution" | |
| Adj. | 1. | flush - 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"even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" | |
| 2. | flush - 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"rich - possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" | |
| Adv. | 1. | flush - squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face" | |
| 2. | flush - in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table" | |