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Definition of flush:
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit 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" 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" sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river" glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor" make level or straight; "level the ground" rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows" 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; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face" in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table" |