the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

[ Syn: flower , prime , peak , heyday , bloom , blossom , efflorescence ]

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

[ Syn: bloom , blush , rosiness ]

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

[ Syn: hot flash ]

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

[ Syn: bang , boot , charge , rush , thrill , kick ]

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: gush , outpouring ]

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

[ Syn: blush ]

squarely or solidly; hit him flush in the face'

in the same plane; set it flush with the top of the table'

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

[ Syn: affluent , loaded , moneyed , wealthy ]

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by

[ Syn: blush , crimson , redden ]

flow freely; The garbage flushed down the river'

glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; the sky flushed with rosy splendor'

make level or straight; level the ground

[ Syn: level , even out , even ]

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; flush the wound with antibiotics; purge the old gas tank

[ Syn: scour , purge ]

irrigate with water from a sluice; sluice the earth

[ Syn: sluice ]

cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; flush the meadows'