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Dictionary definition · flush

noun

  1. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
  2. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
  3. sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
  4. a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

verb

  1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame"The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
  2. cause to flow through something"The garbage flushed down the river"
  3. glow or cause to glow with warm color or light"the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
  4. make level or straight"level the ground"

adjective

  1. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane"a door flush with the wall"
  2. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value"an affluent banker"

adverb

  1. squarely or solidly"hit him flush in the face"
  2. in the same plane"set it flush with the top of the table"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).