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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for flush

Noun

1. flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush, time period, period of time, period
usage: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
2. bloom, blush, flush, rosiness, good health, healthiness
usage: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
3. hot flash, flush, symptom
usage: sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
4. flush, poker hand
usage: a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
5. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick, exhilaration, excitement
usage: 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"
6. flush, gush, outpouring, flow, flowing
usage: 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"
7. blush, flush, reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
usage: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Verb

1. blush, crimson, flush, redden, discolor, discolour, colour, color
usage: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
2. flush, run, flow, feed, course
usage: flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
3. flush, level, even out, even, change surface
usage: make level or straight; "level the ground"
4. buff, burnish, furbish, flush, polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
usage: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
5. flush, scour, purge, rinse, rinse off
usage: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
6. sluice, flush, drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
usage: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
7. flush, water, irrigate
usage: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"

Adjective

1. flush(predicate), even (vs. uneven)
usage: 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"
2. affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy, rich (vs. poor)
usage: 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"

Adverb

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