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flush
has definitions from the fields of cards,medicine,color,biology
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[ verb ] (color) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Examples "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)At the landing she saw Juanita , her face flushed pink with excitement , run down the hall from the kitchen to the front_door . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] squarely or solidly
Examples "hit him flush in the face" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)Curt caught him flush on the nose with a blow which started at the floor . |
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[ noun ] the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)To have the Greek paper is not the great help that at first flush it seemed . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
Examples "a door flush with the wall" "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor" Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)The wooden bracing between the roof beams is placed flush with the inside of the wall . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Used in print (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)Now a little flush came_on her pale homely face and enchantment in her eyes . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in the same plane
Examples "set it flush with the top of the table" |
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[ noun ] (medicine) sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
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[ noun ] (medicine) a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
Synonyms Related terms symptom laminitis polymyositis bursitis alveolitis balanoposthitis arteritis balanitis blepharitis angiitis adenitis colitis osteomyelitis conjunctivitis catarrh cellulitis cervicitis cheilitis cholangitis cholecystitis chorditis chorditis myelitis colpitis colpocystitis aoritis corditis phlebitis pneumonitis costochondritis enteritis fibrositis gastritis glossitis iridocyclitis iridokeratitis jejunitis jejunoileitis keratitis keratoiritis keratoscleritis vasculitis laryngitis mastitis mastoiditis metritis episcleritis neuritis orchitis osteitis keratoconjunctivitis otitis pancreatitis parotitis peritonitis phalangitis hot_flash tympanitis posthitis diverticulitis proctitis prostatitis rachitis retinitis rhinitis sinusitis salpingitis scleritis sialadenitis splenitis spondylitis stomatitis synovitis tarsitis tendinitis tennis_elbow tonsillitis tracheitis ulitis ureteritis uveitis uvulitis vaginitis valvulitis encephalitis vesiculitis vulvitis shin_splints aortitis dacryocystitis endocervicitis epicondylitis epididymitis epiglottitis carditis esophagitis fibromyositis folliculitis funiculitis hydrarthrosis ileitis iritis appendicitis laryngopharyngitis laryngotracheobronchitis lymphadenitis lymphangitis myositis myometritis oophoritis parametritis radiculitis thyroiditis tracheobronchitis vasovesiculitis vulvovaginitis encephalomyelitis endarteritis alveolitis inflammatory_disease |
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[ noun ] the swift release of a store of affective force
Examples "they got a great bang out of it" "what a boot!" "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin" "he does it for kicks" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (cards) a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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[ noun ] a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
Synonyms Examples "he heard the flush of a toilet" "there was a little gush of blood" "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" Related terms |
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