flush

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

• “The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by”

flow freely

• “The garbage flushed down the river”

make level or straight

• “level the ground”

polish and make shiny

• “buff the wooden floors”
• “buff my shoes”

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

• “flush the wound with antibiotics”
• “purge the old gas tank”

irrigate with water from a sluice

• “sluice the earth”

cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

• “flush the meadows”

squarely or solidly

• “hit him flush in the face”

in the same plane

• “set it flush with the top of the table”

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

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 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”

sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

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”

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”