flush

Meanings

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
• a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
• sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
• a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
• the swift release of a store of affective force
• a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
  • "he heard the flush of a toilet"
• sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
• turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• flow freely
  • "The garbage flushed down the river"
• glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
  • "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
• make level or straight
• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
  • "flush the wound with antibiotics"
• irrigate with water from a sluice
• cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
  • "flush the meadows"
• 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"
• having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  • "a speculator flush with cash"
• squarely or solidly
  • "hit him flush in the face"
• in the same plane
  • "set it flush with the top of the table"

Synonyms

affluent, bang, bloom, blossom, blush, boot, charge, crimson, efflorescence, even, even out, flower, gush, heyday, hot flash, kick, level, loaded, moneyed, outpouring, peak, prime, purge, redden, rosiness, rush, scour, sluice, thrill, wealthy