flush
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(r) squarely or solidly
- hit him flush in the face
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(s) 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
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(r) in the same plane
- set it flush with the top of the table
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(s) 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
Nouns
- (n) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity efflorescence, heyday, blossom, peak, prime, flower, bloom,
- (n) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health blush, rosiness, bloom,
- (n) sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) hot flash,
- (n) a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
- (n) sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) blush,
Verbs
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(v) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
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(v) flow freely
- The garbage flushed down the river
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(v) glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- the sky flushed with rosy splendor
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(v) make level or straight
- level the ground
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(v) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- flush the wound with antibiotics
- purge the old gas tank
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(v) irrigate with water from a sluice
- sluice the earth
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(v) cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- flush the meadows