flush
verb
[ flʌʃ ]
• (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion.
• "Rachel flushed angrily"
Similar:
blush,
redden,
turn/go pink,
turn/go red,
turn/go crimson,
turn/go scarlet,
colour (up),
change colour,
crimson,
tint,
burn up,
mantle,
red,
pink,
ruddy,
glowing,
reddish,
pinkish,
florid,
high-coloured,
healthy-looking,
aglow,
burning,
flaming,
feverish,
rubicund,
roseate,
rosy,
blushing,
red-faced,
blowsy,
embarrassed,
shamefaced,
sanguine,
erubescent,
rubescent,
• cleanse (something, especially a toilet) by causing large quantities of water to pass through it.
• "she flushed the loo"
• drive (a bird, especially a game bird, or an animal) from its cover.
• "the grouse were flushed from the woods"
• (of a plant) send out fresh shoots.
• "the plant had started to flush by late March"
flush
noun
• a reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion.
• "a flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks"
Opposite:
paleness,
• a sudden rush of intense emotion.
• "I was carried away in a flush of enthusiasm"
• an act of cleansing something, especially a toilet, with a sudden flow of water.
• "an old-fashioned toilet uses six or seven gallons a flush"
• the action of driving an animal or game bird from its cover.
• "labradors retrieve the birds after the flush"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash1 and blush.
flush
adjective
• completely level or even with another surface.
• "the gates are flush with the adjoining fencing"
• having plenty of something, especially money.
• "the banks are flush with funds"
Similar:
well supplied with,
replete with,
overflowing with,
bursting with,
brimful with,
brimming with,
loaded with,
overloaded with,
abounding in,
well provided with,
well stocked with,
rich in,
abundant in,
rife with,
crammed with,
crowded with,
packed with,
jammed with,
stuffed with,
teeming with,
swarming with,
thick with,
solid with,
charged with,
fraught with,
jam-packed with,
chock-a-block with,
chock-full of,
awash with,
chocker with,
Opposite:
bereft of,
low on,
flush
adverb
• so as to be level or even.
• "the screw must fit flush with the surface"
• so as to be directly centred; squarely.
• "Hodson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right"
flush
verb
• fill in (a joint) level with a surface.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush1.
flush
noun
• (in poker or brag) a hand of cards all of the same suit.
Origin:
early 16th century: from French flux (formerly flus ), from Latin fluxus ‘a flow’ (see flux: the use in cards can be compared with English run ).
flush
noun
• a piece of wet ground over which water flows without being confined to a definite channel.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘marshy place’): variant of flash2.
