flush
1 of 7verb (1)
ˈfləsh 
flushed; flushing; flushes
intransitive verb
: to fly away suddenly
transitive verb
1
: to cause (a bird) to flush
The birds were flushed out of the trees.
2
: to expose or chase from a place of concealment
flushed the boys from their hiding place
Police flushed the suspects from the building.
flush
2 of 7noun (1)
1
: a hand of playing cards all of the same suit
specifically : a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence see poker illustration
2
: a series of three or more slalom gates set vertically on a slope
flush
3 of 7noun (2)
1
: a sudden flow (as of water)
also : a rinsing or cleansing with or as if with a flush of water
2
a
: a sudden increase or expansion
especially : sudden and usually abundant new plant growth
the spring flush of grass
b
: a surge of emotion
felt a flush of anger at the insult
3
a
: a tinge of red : blush
b
: a fresh and vigorous state
in the first flush of womanhood
4
: a transitory sensation of extreme heat compare hot flash
flush
4 of 7verb (2)
flushed; flushing; flushes
intransitive verb
1
: to flow and spread suddenly and freely
2
a
: to glow brightly
b
: blush
3
: to produce new growth
the plants flush twice during the year
transitive verb
1
a
: to cause to flow
b
: to pour liquid over or through
especially : to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid
flush the toilet
flush the lungs with air
2
: inflame, excite —usually used passively
flushed with pride
3
: to cause to blush
flush
5 of 7adjective
1
a
: of a ruddy healthy color
b
: full of life and vigor : lusty
2
a
: filled to overflowing
streams flush with the spring runoff
b
informal : having a large amount of money
feeling flush
a company that's flush with cash/money
3
informal : readily available : abundant
4
a
: having or forming a continuous plane or unbroken surface
flush paneling
b
: directly abutting or immediately adjacent: such as
(1)
: set even with an edge of a type page or column : having no indention
(2)
: arranged edge to edge so as to fit snugly
flushness noun
flush
6 of 7adverb
1
: in a flush manner
2
: squarely
hit him flush on the chin
flush
7 of 7verb (3)
flushed; flushing; flushes
transitive verb
: to make flush
flush the headings on a page
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- bloom
- blush
- color
Verb (2)
- irrigate
- rinse
- sluice
- wash
- wash out
Adjective
- blooming
- florid
- full-blooded
- glowing
- red
- rosy
- rubicund
- ruddy
- sanguine
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Example Sentences
Adjective He just got paid and he was feeling flush. was flushed after getting out of the hot bath Adverb She placed her hands flush against the door and pushed with all her might. He hit the ball flush.
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English flusshen
Noun (1)
Middle French flus, fluz, from Latin fluxus flow, flux
Noun (2)
perhaps modification of Latin fluxus
First Known Use
Verb (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun (1)
circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Adjective
circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adverb
1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (3)
circa 1842, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing flush
Kids Definition
flush 1 of 5
verb
ˈfləsh
flushed; flushing
: to cause to leave a hiding place
dogs flushing birds
flush
2 of 5noun
1
: an act of pouring water over or through
Give the toilet a flush.
2
: blush entry 2 sense 1
3
: a sudden or strong feeling
I felt a flush of relief; maybe I wouldn't have to explain myself after all.
Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Childrenflush
3 of 5verb
flushed; flushing
1
: blush entry 1 sense 1
He flushed with embarrassment.
2
: to pour water over or through
Flush your eye with water.
flush
4 of 5adjective
: even or level with another surface
The cabinet should be flush with the wall.
flush
5 of 5adverb
: so as to be even or level with another surface
Pound the nails flush with the floor.
Medical Definition
flush 1 of 2
noun
ˈfləsh
: a transitory sensation of extreme heat (as in response to some drugs or in some physiological states)
menopausal flushes
flush
2 of 2intransitive verb
: to blush or become suddenly suffused with color due to vasodilation
transitive verb
: to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid
the newly sewn incision is flushed with saline Don Gold
Don Goldflush 1 of 3
adjective
1
as in flushed
having a healthy reddish skin tone was flush after getting out of the hot bath Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- flushed
- glowing
- tanned
- red
- ruddy
- rubicund
- warm
- blooming
- rosy
- brown
- blushing
- sanguine
- florid
- pink
- bronzed
- pinkish
- suntanned
- blowsy
- bloomy
- full-blooded
- blowzy
- cherubic
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sallow
- wan
- pale
- ashen
- pallid
- livid
- white
- lurid
- palish
- peaked
- pasty
- sallowish
- waxen
- doughy
- waxy
- ashy
- mealy
- whitened
- blanched
- peaky
- sick
- paled
- anemic
- sickly
- bloodless
- cadaverous
- whey-faced
- white-faced
2
as in plane
having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look Synonyms & Similar Words
- plane
- level
- smooth
- flat
- even
- horizontal
- vertical
- exact
- straight
- plumb
- aligned
- uniform
- regular
- true
- alined
- tabular
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- coarse
- rough
- uneven
- lumpy
- bumpy
- warped
- irregular
- undulating
- wavy
- unaligned
- unsmoothed
- inexact
- pitted
- undulatory
- pockmarked
- pocky
3
as in energetic
having active strength of body or mind a flush, healthy man of 65 Synonyms & Similar Words
- energetic
- vigorous
- robust
- fit
- dynamic
- lively
- powerful
- gingery
- peppy
- healthy
- lusty
- strong
- vital
- capable
- refreshed
- tough
- dashing
- hale
- punchy
- red-blooded
- mighty
- energized
- vitalized
- brisk
- rejuvenated
- spirited
- animated
- sturdy
- enlivened
- sound
- revitalized
- athletic
- muscular
- invigorated
- stout
- beefy
- strapping
- kinetic
- virile
- fortified
- vivacious
- hardy
- firm
- rugged
- mettlesome
- competent
- sprightly
- hearty
- puissant
- burly
- brawny
- husky
- stalwart
- able-bodied
- robustious
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sluggish
- faint
- weak
- dull
- wan
- lethargic
- listless
- delicate
- prostrate
- torpid
- feeble
- soft
- tired
- weakened
- impotent
- effete
- powerless
- languid
- frail
- lazy
- infirm
- ill
- wasted
- sapped
- enervated
- disabled
- invertebrate
- nerveless
- indolent
- lackadaisical
- wimpy
- prostrated
- unhealthy
- spineless
- unsound
- decrepit
- debilitated
- unwell
- worn-out
- broken-down
4
as in wealthy
having goods, property, or money in abundance she's very flush now that she has her inheritance Synonyms & Similar Words
- wealthy
- rich
- affluent
- moneyed
- loaded
- opulent
- successful
- fat
- comfortable
- well-heeled
- prospering
- in the chips
- monied
- well-fixed
- substantial
- deep-pocketed
- well-off
- well-to-do
- silk-stocking
- fat-cat
- well-endowed
- prosperous
- thriving
- flourishing
- propertied
- privileged
- advantaged
- blessed
- better-off
- blest
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- poor
- indigent
- impoverished
- penniless
- destitute
- needy
- penurious
- deprived
- impecunious
- broke
- bankrupt
- pinched
- disadvantaged
- depressed
- ruined
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- unaffluent
- indebted
- insolvent
- short
- low
- pauperized
- underprivileged
- beggared
- skint
- hand-to-mouth
- bankrupted
- straitened
5
as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified a field flush with flowers Synonyms & Similar Words
- filled
- bursting
- jammed
- packed
- awash
- crowded
- stuffed
- crammed
- abundant
- swarming
- teeming
- brimming
- saturated
- loaded
- replete
- clogged
- rife
- thick
- thronging
- bulging
- buzzing
- fraught
- abounding
- overflowing
- full
- lousy
- overfilled
- busy
- overloaded
- congested
- humming
- fat
- astir
- overstuffed
- chock-full
- overcrowded
- surfeited
- overladen
- jam-packed
- chockful
- lively
- alive
- bustling
- animated
- overfull
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- empty
- blank
- devoid
- void
- bare
- vacant
- barren
- depleted
- stark
- drained
- short
- insufficient
- deficient
- exhausted
- incomplete
6
as in adjacent
having a border in common the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk Synonyms & Similar Words
- adjacent
- bordering
- adjoining
- neighboring
- close
- touching
- skirting
- abutting
- closest
- flanking
- attached
- juxtaposed
- united
- contiguous
- connected
- joining
- connecting
- verging
- nearest
- surrounding
- linked
- near
- encircling
- communicating
- enclosing
- conterminous
- fringing
- fencing
- immediate
- nigh
- bounding
- marginal
- nearby
- interconnecting
- embracing
- joined
- approximate
- peripheral
- tangential
- rimming
- circumjacent
- ambient
- encompassing
- tangent
- next-door
- inclosing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- single
- separate
- isolate
- apart
- disconnected
- detached
- discrete
- isolated
- removed
- unconnected
- unattached
- noncontiguous
- remote
- unlinked
- farthest
- distant
- nonadjacent
- away
- far
- split
- resolved
- faraway
- divided
- discontinuous
- broken up
- free-standing
- noncontinuous
- uncoupled
- severed
- dissociated
- parted
- divorced
- far-off
- ramified
- disjoined
- dissevered
- sundered
- disunited
- unyoked
flush
2 of 3noun
1
as in blush
a rosy appearance (of the cheeks) looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever Synonyms & Similar Words
- blush
- color
- glow
- bloom
- brightness
- reddishness
- redness
- rosiness
- brilliance
- ruddiness
- pinkness
- sanguineness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- paleness
- whiteness
- pallor
- pastiness
- sallowness
- wanness
- greenness
- pallidness
- greenishness
2
as in bloom
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement was in the flush of his youth Synonyms & Similar Words
- bloom
- blooming
- prime
- flower
- blossom
- florescence
- springtime
- revival
- salad days
- flowering
- pinnacle
- heyday
- blossoming
- efflorescence
- golden age
- peak
- apex
- high noon
- autumn
- floruit
- belle epoque
- silver age
- zenith
- recovery
- climax
- meridian
- glory
- acme
- summit
- grandeur
- comeback
- splendor
- belle époque
- Indian summer
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- decline
- bottom
- decay
- downfall
- wilting
- nadir
- withering
- shrivelling
- shriveling
3
as in burst
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling a flush of patriotic pride Synonyms & Similar Words
- burst
- explosion
- flash
- outburst
- eruption
- gush
- fit
- flare
- blaze
- spasm
- gust
- paroxysm
- ebullition
- gale
- agony
- frenzy
- storm
- flare-up
- rage
- transport
- ecstasy
- blowup
- rapture
- tantrum
- delirium
- firestorm
- grouch
- furor
flush
3 of 3verb
1
as in to rinse
to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink Synonyms & Similar Words
- rinse
- wash
- flood
- irrigate
- sluice
- wash out
- flow
- gush
- swamp
- deluge
- inundate
- stream
- hose
- soak
- splash
- rush
- engulf
- saturate
- drench
- douche
- slosh
- douse
- dowse
2
as in to blush
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment) he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment Synonyms & Similar Words
- blush
- glow
- crimson
- bloom
- redden
- turn color
- ruddle
- color
- rouge
- disconcert
- incarnadine
- humiliate
- mortify
- chagrin
- embarrass
- discomfit
- faze
- abash
- go up
- go up in flames
- go up in smoke
- go upmarket
- go upscale
- go walkabout
- go walking
- go way back
- go wee-wee
- go where others fear to tread
- go whole hog
- go with
- go with a swing
- go with the crowd
- go with the flow
- go with the territory
- go with the tide
- go without
- go without saying
- go wrong
- go your several ways
- go's rose
- go)
- go-ahead
- go-aheadativeness