ENGLISH: flush - CREOLE: kole



Overview of noun flush



The noun flush has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (1) flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush -- (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)

2. (1) bloom, blush, flush, rosiness -- (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)

3. hot flash, flush -- (sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders))

4. flush -- (a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit)

5. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick -- (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 -- (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 -- (sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty))



Overview of verb flush



The verb flush has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (3) blush, crimson, flush, redden -- (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by")

2. (2) flush -- (flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river")

3. flush, level, even out, even -- (make level or straight; "level the ground")

4. buff, burnish, furbish, flush -- (polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes")

5. flush, scour, purge -- (rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank")

6. sluice, flush -- (irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth")

7. flush -- (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows")



Overview of adj flush



The adj flush has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) flush -- (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 -- (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")



Overview of adv flush



The adv flush has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (2) flush -- (squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face")

2. flush -- (in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table")

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