flushverb
uk/flʌʃ/us/flʌʃ/flush verb (BECOME RED)
[ I ] When you flush, you become red in the face, especially as a result of strong emotions, heat, or alcohol:
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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flush verb (TOILET)
[ I or T ] If you flush a toilet, or if a toilet flushes, its contents empty and it fills with water again:
to get rid of something by putting it in the toilet and operating the toilet:
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Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
- ballcock
- bleed
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- culvert
- leakage
- mixer tap
- overflow
- pipeline
- piping
- plughole
- plumb
- plunger
- siphon
- standpipe
- stopcock
- tubing
- U-bend
- washer
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Phrasal verb(s)
flushadjective
uk/flʌʃ/us/flʌʃ/flush adjective (LEVEL)
at the same level as another surface:
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Straight, even and level
- be (as) flat as a pancake idiom
- clean-cut
- cleanly
- consistency
- even
- flat
- flatness
- level
- peg
- plane
- rhythm
- seamless
- sleek
- smooth
- square
- steady
- straight
- true
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flush adjective (RICH)
[ after verb ] informal having a lot of money:
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Rich and wealthy
- bazillionaire
- be rolling in it idiom
- born
- clover
- comfort
- deep
- deep pockets idiom
- easy
- feather
- feather your own nest idiom
- landed
- landowner
- live high on/off the hog idiom
- live off the fat of the land idiom
- on easy street idiom
- privilege
- rags-to-riches
- roll
- stinking
- strike
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flushnoun
uk/flʌʃ/us/flʌʃ/flush noun (RED COLOUR)
[ C ] a red colour that appears on your face or body because you are embarrassed, hot, etc.:
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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flush noun (SUDDEN FEELING)
a sudden strong feeling of anger, excitement, pleasure, etc.
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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flush noun (TOILET)
[ C ] an occasion when the contents of a toilet empty and it fills with water
UK the handle or button that you push to make a toilet empty and fill with water:
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Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
- ballcock
- bleed
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- culvert
- leakage
- mixer tap
- overflow
- pipeline
- piping
- plughole
- plumb
- plunger
- siphon
- standpipe
- stopcock
- tubing
- U-bend
- washer
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flush noun (CARD GAMES)
[ C ] a number of playing cards held by one player that are all from the same suit
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- royal flush
- rummy
- shuffle
- singleton
- snap
- solitaire
- strip poker
- suit
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