Flush (Brian Head Welch song)
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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"
adverb
(2) Squarely or solidly
"Hit him flush in the face"
(3) In the same plane
"Set it flush with the top of the table"
noun
(4) Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
(5) 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"
(6) 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"
(7) A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
(8) A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
(9) Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
(10) The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
verb
(11) Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
"The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
(12) Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
"Flush the meadows"
(13) Flow freely
"The garbage flushed down the river"
(14) Irrigate with water from a sluice
"Sluice the earth"
(15) Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
"Flush the wound with antibiotics"
"Purge the old gas tank"
(16) Polish and make shiny
"Buff the wooden floors"
"Buff my shoes"
(17) Make level or straight
"Level the ground"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.
- wealthy or well off.
- He just got a bonus so he's flush today.
- Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
Synonyms
double-clean, flush left and right, forced, forced justified, force justified, justifiedNoun
- A cleansing with plenty of fluid.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
Verb
- To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- Flush the injury with plenty of water.
- Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water.
- To cause to take flight from concealment.
- The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.
- To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance.
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
- To take suddenly to flight, esp. from cover.
- A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
- (Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents.