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flush

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
noun
  1. A fresh rosy complexion: bloom 1, blush, color, glow. See better
  2. A feeling of pervasive emotional warmth: glow. See feelings
  3. A condition or time of vigor and freshness: bloom 1, blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, prime. See better
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: even 1, level. See same
  4. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even 1, flat, level, planar, plane 1, smooth, straight. See smooth
adverb
With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, just, precisely, right, smack 1, square, squarely, straight. Slang: smack-dab. See precise
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