What does flush mean?

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[n] the period of greatest prosperity or productivity[v] turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame(The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by)[a] 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

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[n] the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

[v] turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
(The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by)

[a] 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)

[r] squarely or solidly
(hit him flush in the face)

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

[v] flow freely
(The garbage flushed down the river)

[a] 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)

[r] in the same plane
(set it flush with the top of the table)

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

[v] glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
(the sky flushed with rosy splendor)

[n] a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

[v] make level or straight
(level the ground)

[n] 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)

[v] rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
(flush the wound with antibiotics purge the old gas tank)

[n] 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)

[v] irrigate with water from a sluice
(sluice the earth)

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

[v] cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
(flush the meadows)

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