English dictionary
flush
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
adjective
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
adverb
- squarely or solidly
adverb
- in the same plane
noun
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
noun
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
noun
- the swift release of a store of affective force
noun
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
noun
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
noun
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
verb
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
verb
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
verb
- cause to flow through something
verb
- irrigate with water from a sluice
verb
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
verb
- make level or straight
verb
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
Example sentences
a door flush with the wall
the bottom of the window is flush with the floor
an affluent banker
a speculator flush with cash
not merely rich but loaded
moneyed aristocrats
wealthy corporations
hit him flush in the face
set it flush with the top of the table
he heard the flush of a toilet
there was a little gush of blood
she attacked him with an outpouring of words
they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
he does it for kicks
The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
flush the meadows
The garbage flushed down the river
sluice the earth
flush the wound with antibiotics
purge the old gas tank
level the ground
the sky flushed with rosy splendor