Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: flush
IPA transcription: [fl'ʌʃ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flush(p)
    Meaning: 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"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
    Meaning: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
  • Synonyms: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness
    Meaning: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flush
    Meaning: squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blush, crimson, flush, redden
    Meaning: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
  • Synonyms: flush
    Meaning: flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
Usage examples
  • Her paleness turned to a fugitive flush.
  • He could feel a flush of warm blood creeping up his face.
  • "To-night!" Kauf's eyes went wide, then he started to flush.
  • The flush of pleasure mounted to the young carpenter's forehead.
  • And slowly, slowly as a flush of blood, a red flame trembled in the wire.
  • "Oh, no," said Julia Cloud quickly, the pretty flush coming in her cheeks.
  • Davy waited in silence, watching a flush spread over Betty's face as she read.
  • He uttered a protesting exclamation, and his flush reflected itself in the girl's cheek.
  • And slowly, slowly as a flush of blood, a red flame trembled in the wire. Then the wire glowed.
  • A flush of pleasure came into the child's face as he brought out of his pocket his promised gift.