flush

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. blush, redden; elate, thrill; rinse; start, rouse. See horizontal. — n. blush, redness, glow, elation, thrill; gush, rush. See heat, feeling, color, cleanness.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Flat]

Syn. even, level, abutting; see contiguous , flat 1 , level 2 .

2. [Well-supplied, esp. with money]

Syn. prosperous, affluent, in the chips*; see plentiful 1 , rich 1 .

n.

Syn. blush, glow, reddening, redness, rosiness, bloom, rubescence, warmth, heat, feverishness, radiance.

v.

1. [To clean with a sudden flow of water]

Syn. rinse, rinse out, wash, wash out, sluice, irrigate, flood, spray, douse, empty out; see also clean , wash 1 .

2. [To redden]

Syn. blush, color, crimson; see blush .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

v.

1. blush redden, color, glow, turncrimson, *burn, bloom, *turn rosy, *turn ruddy.

2. wash out flood, rinse, drench, irrigate, spray, douche, douse.

ANT.: 1. blanch, whiten

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a.

1. flat level, square, plane, plumb, straight.

2. abundant plentiful, affluent, rich, wealthy, well-supplied, well-to-do.

ANT.: 1. uneven, out of plumb. 2. poor, destitute, lacking

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To become red in the face: blush, color, crimson, glow, mantle, redden. See EXPRESS. 2. To raise the spirits of: animate, buoy (up), elate, elevate, exhilarate, inspire, inspirit, lift, uplift. Obsolete: exalt. See HAPPY. 3. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See FULL. II noun 1. A fresh rosy complexion: bloom1, blush, color, glow. See BETTER. 2. A feeling of pervasive emotional warmth: glow. See FEELINGS. 3. A condition or time of vigor and freshness: bloom1, blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, prime. See BETTER. III adjective 1. Of a healthy reddish color: blooming, florid, flushed, full-blooded, glowing, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine. See COLORS. 2. Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions: affluent, moneyed, rich, wealthy. Slang: loaded. Idioms: having money to burn, in the money, made of money, rolling in money. See RICH. 3. On the same plane or line: even1, level. See SAME. 4. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even1, flat, level, planar, plane1, smooth, straight. See SMOOTH. IV adverb With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, just, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely, straight. Slang: smack-dab. See PRECISE.