Definition of Flush

Noun

sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
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"
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 poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- hot flash
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
"flush the meadows"
irrigate with water from a sluice
"sluice the earth"
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
"flush the wound with antibiotics"
"purge the old gas tank"
make level or straight
"level the ground"
- even out
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
"the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
flow freely
"The garbage flushed down the river"
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
"The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"

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"
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"