American English pronunciation
How to pronounce flush
IPA transcription: [f'lʌʃ]
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Noun
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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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the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
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sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
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a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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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”
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sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Verb
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turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
“The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by”
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flow freely
“The garbage flushed down the river”
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make level or straight
“level the ground”
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irrigate with water from a sluice
“sluice the earth”
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glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
“the sky flushed with rosy splendor”
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rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
“flush the wound with antibiotics”
“purge the old gas tank”
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cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
“flush the meadows”
Adjective
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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”
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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”
Adverb
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squarely or solidly
“hit him flush in the face”
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in the same plane
“set it flush with the top of the table”
Usage examples
- Bin garbage, don't flush it down a toilet.
- The continued flow of riverwater flushed out the saltwater.
- The gray eyes faltered; the flush deepened.
- She flushed deeply, and he was covered with confusion.
- A dark flush overspread his face.
- Here and there, a solitary star flushed in the darkening firmament of June.
- They are not easily flushed, preferring to hide between boulders.
- This is usually replaced during the spring-summer flush of leaf growth.
- Some birds are potentially responsible for intentional fire propagation to flush out prey.
- Flushes are obviously impossible, and straights are exceedingly rare.