Definition of flush

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • flush is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • flush is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • flush is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of flush


  • turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. blush
    2. crimson
    3. redden
  • having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a speculator flush with cash

    Synonyms

    1. affluent
    2. loaded
    3. moneyed
    4. substantial
    5. wealthy
  • sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. hot flash
  • sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. blush
  • irrigate with water from a sluice (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. sluice
  • a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bloom
    2. blush
    3. rosiness
  • the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bloom
    2. blossom
    3. efflorescence
    4. flower
    5. heyday
    6. peak
    7. prime
  • a sudden rapid flow (as of water) (noun)

    Examples

    1. he heard the flush of a toilet

    Synonyms

    1. gush
    2. outpouring
  • rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid (verb)

    Examples

    1. flush the wound with antibiotics

    Synonyms

    1. purge
    2. scour
  • make level or straight (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. even
    2. even out
    3. level
  • the swift release of a store of affective force (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bang
    2. boot
    3. charge
    4. kick
    5. rush
    6. thrill
  • a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit (noun)
  • cause to flow or flood with or as if with water (verb)

    Examples

    1. flush the meadows
  • flow freely (verb)

    Examples

    1. The garbage flushed down the river
  • glow or cause to glow with warm color or light (verb)

    Examples

    1. the sky flushed with rosy splendor
  • of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a door flush with the wall
    2. the bottom of the window is flush with the floor

See definition of flush in Merriam Webster