[
UK
/flˈʌʃ/
]
[ US /ˈfɫəʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫəʃ/ ]
NOUN
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
he heard the flush of a toilet
she attacked him with an outpouring of words
there was a little gush of blood -
the swift release of a store of affective force
what a boot!
they got a great bang out of it
he does it for kicks
he got a quick rush from injecting heroin - a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
VERB
-
irrigate with water from a sluice
sluice the earth -
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
flush the meadows -
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
the sky flushed with rosy splendor -
flow freely
The garbage flushed down the river -
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by -
make level or straight
level the ground -
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
flush the wound with antibiotics
purge the old gas tank
ADVERB
-
in the same plane
set it flush with the top of the table -
squarely or solidly
hit him flush in the face
ADJECTIVE
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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
moneyed aristocrats
a substantial family
wealthy corporations
a speculator flush with cash
an affluent banker
not merely rich but loaded
How To Use flush In A Sentence
- The question was tinged with a touch of sarcasm that made her embarrassed flush renew its bright shade and caused her to clench her fists.
- Innovations in touchless technology have made it possible to install an automatic flusher without ripping out existing fixtures.
- They say that simply flushing out rogue unleaded petrol is sufficient. The Sun
- A pickup truck was circling the pond, which flushed some birds out of the reeds and into the open water.
- Ranked below the flush is the straight, which consists of five cards in rank sequence but now having the same suit. What Beats What in Poker? | Poker Hands
- The Gonubie River does not have a typically big flushing flow while silting in Transkei rivers is a result of ‘poor land use practice’.
- She was a pretty vessel: schooner-rigged, very low in the water, and -- as we found out when we took her -- of very deep draught; broad in the beam, and ` flush-decked 'fore and aft, with no raised fore or after castles. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
- She caught his embarrassment off him, a flushing sickness that left them avoiding each other's eyes. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
- The sludge from the bottom of the swamp that the dredge hauls up dripping and oozing at least has substance: you can dry it out, look at it through a microscope, describe it, or flush it down the toilet.
- His face flushed with anger.
