n.

1. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;
   flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence
2. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health;
   bloom, blush, rosiness
3. sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders);
   hot flash
4. a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
5. the swift release of a store of affective force;
   bang, boot, charge, rush, thrill, kick
   
   • they got a great bang out of it
   • what a boot!
   • he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
   • he does it for kicks
6. a sudden rapid flow (as of water);
   gush, outpouring
   
   • he heard the flush of a toilet
   • there was a little gush of blood
   • she attacked him with an outpouring of words
7. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty);
   blush

v.

1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;
   blush, crimson, redden
   
   • The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
2. flow freely
   
   • The garbage flushed down the river
3. make level or straight;
   level, even out, even
   
   • level the ground
4. polish and make shiny;
   buff, burnish, furbish
   
   • buff the wooden floors
   • buff my shoes
5. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid;
   scour, purge
   
   • flush the wound with antibiotics
   • purge the old gas tank
6. irrigate with water from a sluice;
   sluice
   
   • sluice the earth
7. cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
   
   • flush the meadows

adj.

1. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane;
   flush(p)
   
   • a door flush with the wall
   • the bottom of the window is flush with the floor
2. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;
   affluent, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
   
   • an affluent banker
   • a speculator flush with cash
   • not merely rich but loaded
   • moneyed aristocrats
   • wealthy corporations

adv.

1. squarely or solidly
   
   • hit him flush in the face
2. in the same plane
   
   • set it flush with the top of the table