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FLUSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Synonyms:
blush; flush
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("flush" is a kind of...):
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
Derivation:
flush (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sudden rapid flow (as of water)
Example:
she attacked him with an outpouring of words
Synonyms:
flush; gush; outpouring
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flush" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flush"):
springtide (a swelling rush of anything)
Derivation:
flush (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water)
flush (flow freely)
flush (irrigate with water from a sluice)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The swift release of a store of affective force
Example:
he does it for kicks
Synonyms:
bang; boot; charge; flush; kick; rush; thrill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("flush" is a kind of...):
excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("flush" is a kind of...):
poker hand (the 5 cards held in a game of poker)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("flush" is a kind of...):
good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)
Derivation:
flush (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
Synonyms:
flush; hot flash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("flush" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Synonyms:
bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flower; flush; heyday; peak; prime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("flush" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flush"):
golden age (a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak)
Derivation:
flush (having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
Example:
the bottom of the window is flush with the floor
Classified under:
Similar:
even (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Example:
a substantial family
Synonyms:
affluent; flush; loaded; moneyed; substantial; wealthy
Classified under:
Similar:
rich (possessing material wealth)
Derivation:
flush (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they flush ... he / she / it flushes
Past simple: flushed
Past participle: flushed
-ing form: flushing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Example:
The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "flush" is one way to...):
color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
flush (sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty))
flush (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
Example:
flush the meadows
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "flush" is one way to...):
irrigate; water (supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams)
Cause:
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flush"):
perfuse; suffuse (cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across)
perfuse (force a fluid through (a body part or tissue))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
flush (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Flow freely
Example:
The garbage flushed down the river
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "flush" is one way to...):
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flush"):
flush down; wash down (flow freely)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
flush (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Irrigate with water from a sluice
Example:
sluice the earth
Synonyms:
flush; sluice
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "flush" is one way to...):
douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
flush (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
Example:
purge the old gas tank
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "flush" is one way to...):
rinse; rinse off (wash off soap or remaining dirt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Make level or straight
Example:
level the ground
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "flush" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flush"):
grade (level to the right gradient)
strickle; strike (smooth with a strickle)
strickle (level off with a strickle in a measuring container)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
Example:
the sky flushed with rosy splendor
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "flush" is one way to...):
glow (emit a steady even light without flames)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Squarely or solidly
Example:
hit him flush in the face
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
In the same plane
Example:
set it flush with the top of the table
Classified under:
Context examples:
A question about whether an individual has or had hot flushes.
(Have Hot Flushes, NCI Thesaurus)
I saw her eyes flash with indignation, and this time it was I who dropped mine, while I felt my face flushing under her gaze.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"What's that?" Skiff Miller demanded, his brows lowering and an obstinate flush of blood reddening his forehead.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
On the Tuesday, Peter Carey was in one of his blackest moods, flushed with drink and as savage as a dangerous wild beast.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Pheochromocytomas are usually benign (not cancer) but can cause high blood pressure, pounding headaches, heart palpitations, flushing of the face, nausea, and vomiting.
(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Dictionary)
Panic may include rapid heart rate, flushing (a hot, red face), sweating, and trouble breathing.
(Panic, NCI Dictionary)
According to the report, the two-spray process is complete in under five minutes and lasts for roughly 500 flushes before requiring reapplication.
(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)
Specific psychological phenomenon characterized by sudden onset of anxiety (often unrelated to objective events), accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as tachycardia, paresthesia, flushing, and sweating.
(Panic Disorder, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
“He never told you,” cried Mr. Hyde, with a flush of anger. “I did not think you would have lied.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Confess, Marianne, is not there something interesting to you in the flushed cheek, hollow eye, and quick pulse of a fever?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
