Flush - Definition

adv 1: squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
2: in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
adj 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" [syn: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed,
wealthy]
n 1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn:
flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom,
efflorescence, flush]
2: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of
good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness]
3: sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and
some mental disorders) [syn: hot flash, flush]
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" [syn: bang,
boot, charge, rush, flush, 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" [syn: flush, gush,
outpouring]
7: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt
or shame or modesty) [syn: blush, flush]
v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl
blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn:
blush, crimson, flush, 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" [syn: flush,
level, even out, even]
5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush,
scour, purge]
6: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn:
sluice, flush]
7: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the
meadows"