flush
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- golden age hyponym
Related & opposite
- blossom out derivation
- affluent derivation
Sense 2 verb
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
Types & categories
- discolour hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
squarely or solidly
hit him flush in the face
Sense 4 noun
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Types & categories
- good health hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
flow freely
The garbage flushed down the river
Types & categories
- course hypernym
- flush down hyponym
Related & opposite
- gush derivation
Sense 6 adjective
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
an affluent banker
Related & opposite
Sense 7 adverb
in the same plane
set it flush with the top of the table
Sense 8 noun
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
Types & categories
- symptom hypernym
Sense 9 verb
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
the sky flushed with rosy splendor
Types & categories
- glow hypernym
Sense 10 noun
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
Types & categories
- poker hand hypernym
Sense 11 verb
make level or straight
level the ground
Types & categories
- change surface hypernym
- grade hyponym
- strickle hyponym
- strickle hyponym
Related & opposite
- spirit level derivation
- leveler derivation
Sense 12 noun
the swift release of a store of affective force
they got a great bang out of it
Types & categories
- excitement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 13 verb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
flush the wound with antibiotics
Types & categories
- rinse hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 14 noun
a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
he heard the flush of a toilet
Types & categories
- flow hypernym
- springtide hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 15 verb
irrigate with water from a sluice
sluice the earth
Types & categories
- souse hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 16 noun
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Types & categories
- reflex hypernym
Related & opposite
- blush derivation
Sense 17 verb
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
flush the meadows
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blossom out |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | affluent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | golden age |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rouge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crimson |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blusher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discolour |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flushed |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | good health |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | gush |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | flush down |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | affluent |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | riches |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wealth |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | affluence |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flush |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | rich |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | glow |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | poker hand |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | spirit level |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | leveler |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | change surface |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | grade |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | strickle |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | strickle |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | commove |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | tickle |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | inebriate |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrill |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | excitement |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | purging |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | scour |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | rinse |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | flush |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | flush |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | spout |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | flow |
| 14 | hyponym | Types & categories | springtide |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | gush |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | souse |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | reflex |
| 17 | causes | Related & opposite | course |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | gush |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | water |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffuse |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | perfuse |