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English adjective: flush | |||
| 1. | flush of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane | ||
| Samples | A door flush with the wall. The bottom of the window is flush with the floor. | ||
| Similar | even | ||
| Antonyms | uneven | ||
| 2. | flush having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | ||
| Samples | An affluent banker. A speculator flush with cash. Not merely rich but loaded. Moneyed aristocrats. Wealthy corporations. | ||
| Synonyms | affluent, loaded, moneyed, wealthy | ||
| Similar | rich | ||
| Antonyms | poor | ||
English noun: flush | |||
| 1. | flush (time) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | ||
| Synonyms | bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | golden age | ||
| 2. | flush (state) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | ||
| Synonyms | bloom, blush, rosiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | good health, healthiness | ||
| 3. | flush (state) sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) | ||
| Synonyms | hot flash | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | symptom | ||
| 4. | flush (group) a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | poker hand | ||
| 5. | flush (feeling) the swift release of a store of affective force | ||
| Samples | They got a great bang out of it. What a boot!. He got a quick rush from injecting heroin. He does it for kicks. | ||
| Synonyms | bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excitement, exhilaration | ||
| 6. | flush (event) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | ||
| Samples | He heard the flush of a toilet. There was a little gush of blood. She attacked him with an outpouring of words. | ||
| Synonyms | gush, outpouring | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, flowing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | springtide | ||
| 7. | flush (act) sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) | ||
| Synonyms | blush | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | ||
English adverb: flush | |||
| 1. | flush squarely or solidly | ||
| Samples | Hit him flush in the face. | ||
| 2. | flush in the same plane | ||
| Samples | Set it flush with the top of the table. | ||
English verb: flush | |||
| 1. | flush (body) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | ||
| Samples | The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by. | ||
| Synonyms | blush, crimson, redden | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, discolor, discolour | ||
| 2. | flush (change) flow freely | ||
| Samples | The garbage flushed down the river. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, feed, flow, run | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flush down, wash down | ||
| 3. | flush (perception) glow or cause to glow with warm color or light | ||
| Samples | The sky flushed with rosy splendor. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | glow | ||
| 4. | flush (contact) make level or straight | ||
| Samples | Level the ground. | ||
| Synonyms | even, even out, level | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | grade, strickle, strickle, strike | ||
| 5. | flush (change) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | ||
| Samples | Flush the wound with antibiotics. Purge the old gas tank. | ||
| Synonyms | purge, scour | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rinse, rinse off | ||
| 6. | flush (change) irrigate with water from a sluice | ||
| Samples | Sluice the earth. | ||
| Synonyms | sluice | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse | ||
| 7. | flush (change) cause to flow or flood with or as if with water | ||
| Samples | Flush the meadows. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | irrigate, water | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | perfuse, perfuse, suffuse | ||
| Cause | course, feed, flow, run | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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