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Meaning of flush

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  flush
      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"
      adj 1: 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: 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" [syn: {affluent}, {flush}, {loaded}, {moneyed},
         {wealthy}]
      n 1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn:
           {flower}, {prime}, {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom},
           {efflorescence}, {flush}]
      2: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of
         good health [syn: {bloom}, {blush}, {flush}, {rosiness}]
      3: sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and
         some mental disorders) [syn: {hot flash}, {flush}]
      4: a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
      5: 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" [syn: {bang},
         {boot}, {charge}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}]
      6: 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" [syn: {flush}, {gush},
         {outpouring}]
      7: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt
         or shame or modesty) [syn: {blush}, {flush}]
      v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl
           blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn:
           {blush}, {crimson}, {flush}, {redden}]
      2: flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
      3: glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky
         flushed with rosy splendor"
      4: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: {flush},
         {level}, {even out}, {even}]
      5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
         antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: {flush},
         {scour}, {purge}]
      6: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn:
         {sluice}, {flush}]
      7: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the
         meadows"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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