FLUSH - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Verb

make level or straight

Example: level the ground

Categories: Change surface

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

Example: he heard the flush of a toilet; there was a little gush of blood; she attacked him with an outpouring of words

Categories: Flow, Flowing

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adverb

in the same plane

Example: set it flush with the top of the table

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

Example: the sky flushed with rosy splendor

Categories: Glow

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

Example: flush the wound with antibiotics; purge the old gas tank

Categories: Rinse, Rinse off

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

Example: flush the meadows

Categories: Water, Irrigate

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Adverb

squarely or solidly

Example: hit him flush in the face