· the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Synonym(s): flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence
Hypernym(s): time_period, period_of_time, period
· a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Synonym(s): bloom, blush, rosiness
Hypernym(s): good_health, healthiness
· sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
Synonym(s): hot_flash
Hypernym(s): symptom
· a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
Hypernym(s): poker_hand
· 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"
Synonym(s): bang, boot, charge, rush, thrill, kick
Hypernym(s): exhilaration, excitement
· 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"
Synonym(s): gush, outpouring
· sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Synonym(s): blush
Hypernym(s): reflex, reflex_response, reflex_action, instinctive_reflex, innate_reflex, inborn_reflex, unconditioned_reflex, physiological_reaction
· turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
Synonym(s): blush, crimson, redden
Hypernym(s): discolor, discolour, colour, color
· flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
Hypernym(s): run, flow, feed, course
· glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"
Hypernym(s): glow
· make level or straight; "level the ground"
Synonym(s): level, even_out, even
Hypernym(s): change_surface
· 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"
Synonym(s): sluice
Hypernym(s): drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
· cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
· 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"; "a substantial family"
Synonym(s): affluent, loaded, moneyed, wealthy, substantial
· squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
· in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"