| Flush 1. (v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. 2. (v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush. 3. (v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. 4. (v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird. 5. (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer. 6. (v. t.) To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement. 7. (v. t.) To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood. 8. (v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir. 9. (v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. 10. (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. 11. (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. 12. (n.) Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset. 13. (n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy. 14. (n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed. 15. (n.) A hand of cards of the same suit. 16. (a.) Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. 17. (a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal. 18. (a.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. 19. (a.) Consisting of cards of one suit. 20. (adv.) So as to be level or even. Thesaurus Entries Hygeia, SRO, ablution, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, ace, adjacent, affluent, afterglow, air glow, align, all-sufficing, ample, animate, animation, aplenty, arousal, arouse, at full length, bake, bang, baptize, bath, bathe, be in heat, beat, best bower, big-rich, blanch, blaze, blood, bloom, blooming, blossom, blowzed, blowzy, blush, blushing, boil, boot, bottomless, bouncing, bounteous, bountiful, bower, brew, brimful, brimming, broil, bulging, burn, burnt, bursting, calenture, candescence, capacity, cards, change color, charge, chase, cheer, childbed fever, chock-full, choke, chuck-full, clean out, cleaning out, cleanse, clubs, color, color up, coloring, combust, comfortable, congested, continued fever, continuous, cook, copious, course, cram-full, crammed, crimson, crimsoning, darken, deck, delight, delirium, deluge, deuce, diamonds, diffuse, directly, discharge, disgustingly rich, do proud, dog, douche, douching, douse, drench, drenching, drive, drouk, dummy, ebb, effuse, elate, elation, elevate, elution, elutriation, emotional health, empty, encourage, encouragement, enema, epidemic, equalize, eruptive fever, euphoria, even, evenly, exactly, exalt, excite, excitement, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, face cards, falcon, farci, fascinate, fat, febricity, febrility, fell, fertile, fever, fever heat, feverishness, fieriness, filled, fire, fitness, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flat, flatly, flatten, flattened, flatways, flatwise, flicker, flood, florid, flow, flow back, flow in, flow out, flush out, flushed, flushing, flushing out, follow the hounds, font, fount, fountain, fowl, fresh, fresh as April, frightfully rich, frown, fry, full, full house, full to bursting, full-blooded, galore, gargle, gasp, generous, geyser, give a thrill, gladden, glare, gleam, glint, gloss, glow, glower, glowing, gnarl, go hunting, grade, gratify, green, grow red, growl, gun, gush, hale, hale and hearty, hand, hardy, hawk, health, healthy glow, hearts, hearty, heat, hectic, hectic fever, hectic flush, holystone, homaloidal, horizontal, horizontally, hose down, hound, hunt, hunt down, hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia, imbrue, imbue, impassion, impregnate, in funds, in plenty, in quantity, in the money, incandesce, incandescence, independent, independently rich, independently wealthy, inexhaustible, infiltrate, inflame, infuse, inject, intermittent fever, intoxicate, inundation, irrigate, irrigation, issue, jack, jacklight |