flush

Five matching suits

One meaning of the verb flush signifies a sudden and noticeable flow of various things.

You can flush a toilet (cause water to flow through it) or your cheeks can flush (suddenly fill with color from rushing blood).

A flush is a flow of this kind.

Another flush is mainly an adjective meaning forming a continuous plane: The door is flush with the wall.

Yet another flush adjective means wealthy.

In cards, a flush is a hand with cards all of one suit.

plumbing

toilet

Waste disposal fixture

pipes · flapper · tank · plunger · sewer · wastewater · siphon · ballcock · trap · vent

embarrassment

blush

Facial reddening from emotion

warmth · glow · flustered · self-consciousness · awkwardness · mortification · shame · discomfort · crimson · rosy

evenness

level

Horizontal or uniform position

  • flatLacking vertical variation
  • alignedArranged in proper position
  • smoothWithout roughness or difficulty

uniform · plane · seamless · even · continuous · straight · parallel · snug · abutting · adjacent

abundance

plenty

Sufficient quantity, and then some

replete · teeming · loaded · rolling · rich · moneyed · affluent · prosperous · cashed-up · liquid

poker

hand

Grasping body part

  • cardsStiff paper rectangles
  • suitMatched formal garments
  • heartsCirculatory system engines

spades · diamonds · clubs · royal · straight · winning · showdown · deal

hunting

startle

Frighten suddenly

  • birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
  • coveySmall bird gathering
  • pheasantLarge ornamental game bird

grouse · quail · game · beaters · underbrush · thicket · wing · scatter · bolt · rouse

bloom

glow

Steady, soft light

color · vitality · health · complexion · vigor · youthfulness · luminosity · ruddiness · warmth · beauty

Categories
Opposites
complexion/color

flushpale

Lacking color intensity

pallid · wan · ashen · pasty · sallow

surface alignment

flushprotruding

Extending outward noticeably

protuberant · recessed · uneven · raised · sunken

financial abundance

flushbroke

Lacking any funds

poor · impecunious · penniless · strapped · hard up

Phrases
Family

fluid, flushed, flux, influx, fluctuate, flushing, flushes, reflux, efflux

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G