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Synonyms of the word 
FLUSH → AFFLUENT - BANG - BLOOM - BLOSSOM - BLUSH - BOOT - BUFF - BURNISH - CHARGE - COLOR - COLOUR - COURSE - CRIMSON - DISCOLOR - DISCOLOUR - DOUSE - DOWSE - DRENCH - EFFLORESCENCE - EVEN - EXCITEMENT - EXHILARATION - FEED - FLOW - FLOWER - FLOWING - FURBISH - GUSH - HEALTHINESS - HEYDAY - IRRIGATE - KICK - LEVEL - LOADED - MONEYED - OUTPOURING - PEAK - PERIOD - POLISH - PRIME - PURGE - REDDEN - REFLEX - RICH - RINSE - ROSINESS - RUN - RUSH - SCOUR - SHINE - SLUICE - SMOOTH - SMOOTHEN - SOAK - SOP - SOUSE - SYMPTOM - THRILL - WATER - WEALTHYflush- n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
- v. (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- v. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- adj. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- adj. Wealthy or well off.
- adj. (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- adj. Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
- adj. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- n. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- n. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- n. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind;…
- n. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- n. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- v. (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- v. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- v. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or…
- v. (transitive) To cause to blush.
- v. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- v. (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- v. (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- v. (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
- v. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- v. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- v. (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- v. (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient,…
- v. (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which,…
- n. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
affluent- n. Somebody who is wealthy.
- n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
- adj. Abundant; copious; plenteous.
- adj. (by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
- adj. (dated) Tributary.
- adj. (obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
bang- n. A sudden percussive noise.
- n. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- n. An explosion.
- n. (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
- n. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- n. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- n. (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
- n. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- n. (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- n. (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- v. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
- v. (slang, figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- v. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
- v. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- adv. Right, directly.
- adv. Precisely.
- adv. With a sudden impact.
- interj. a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.
- n. (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
bloom- n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- n. Flowers, collectively.
- n. (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- n. (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection,…
- n. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums,…
- n. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
- n. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- n. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
- n. (mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- n. (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
- v. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- v. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
- v. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing…
- n. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
blossom- n. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- n. The state or season of producing such flowers.
- n. (figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- n. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
- v. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
- v. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
blush- n. An act of blushing.
- n. A glow; a flush of colour.
- n. (figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.
- n. (uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.
- n. A color between pink and cream.
- n. (chiefly US) A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.
- v. (intransitive) To become red in the face due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
- v. (intransitive) To become red.
- v. (transitive) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
- v. (transitive) To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).
- v. (transitive) To express or make known by blushing.
- v. (intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
- n. The collective noun for a group of boys.
boot- n. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- n. A blow with the foot; a kick.
- n. (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and…
- n. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- n. (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a…
- n. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice…
- n. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and…
- n. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
- n. (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- n. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- n. (informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone.
- n. (Britain, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman.
- n. (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended…
- n. (baseball) A bobbled ball.
- n. (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
- v. To kick.
- v. To put boots on, especially for riding.
- v. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
- v. (informal) To forcibly eject.
- v. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- v. (slang) To vomit.
- n. (dated) remedy, amends.
- n. (uncountable) profit, plunder.
- n. (obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in…
- n. (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To profit, avail, benefit.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
- n. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
- v. (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
- n. A bootleg recording.
buff- n. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- n. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- n. A brownish yellow colour.
- n. A military coat made of buff leather.
- n. (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
- n. (video games, role-playing games) An effect that temporarily makes a character stronger.
- n. (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- n. The bare skin.
- n. The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- n. A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- n. The meat of a buffalo.
- adj. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- adj. (bodybuilding): Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out).
- adj. (slang) attractive.
- v. To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- v. (video games, role-playing games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- v. To strike.
- n. (obsolete) A buffet; a blow.
burnish- v. (transitive) To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
- v. (intransitive) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out;…
charge- n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
- n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- n. A load or burden; cargo.
- n. The amount of money levied for a service.
- n. An instruction.
- n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
- n. An accusation.
- n. An electric charge.
- n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- n. A forceful forward movement.
- n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
- n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
- n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
- v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
- v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
- v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- v. To impute or ascribe.
- v. To call to account; to challenge.
- v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
- v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
- v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…
color- n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
- n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
- n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
- n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
- n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
- n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
- n. The system of color television.
- n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
- n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
- n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
- n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
- n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
- n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
- n. An appearance of right or authority.
- n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
- adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
- v. To give something color.
- v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
- v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- v. To affect without completely changing.
- v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
- v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…
colour- n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
- n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
- n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
- n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
- n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- n. The system of colour television.
- n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
- n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
- n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
- n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
- n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
- n. An appearance of right or authority.
- n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
- adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
- v. To give something colour.
- v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
- v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- v. To affect without completely changing.
- v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
- v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…
course- n. A sequence of events.
- n. A path that something or someone moves along.
- n. (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- n. (in the plural, courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses.
- n. A row or file of objects.
- n. (music) A string on a lute.
- n. (music) A pair of strings played together in some musical instruments, like the vihuela.
- v. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- v. To run through or over.
- v. To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- v. To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- adv. (colloquial) Alternative form of of course.
crimson- n. A deep, slightly bluish red.
- adj. Having a deep red colour.
- adj. Having loose morals.
- v. to blush.
- v. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
discolor- v. (American) To change or lose color.
discolour- v. (British spelling, Canadian, transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of discolor (US).
douse- v. (transitive, intransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
- v. (intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
- v. (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
- v. (transitive) To strike.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly.
- n. A blow; stroke.
dowse- n. A blow on the face.
- v. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
- v. To beat or thrash.
- v. To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
drench- n. A draught administered to an animal.
- n. (obsolete) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also,…
- v. To soak, to make very wet.
- v. To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
- n. (obsolete, Britain) A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
efflorescence- n. (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form…
- n. (botany) The production of flowers.
- n. (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick,…
- n. (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid…
- n. (figuratively) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- n. (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
even- adj. Flat and level.
- adj. Without great variation.
- adj. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- adj. (not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.
- adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- adj. On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.
- adj. (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- adj. parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- adj. (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
- adj. (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
- v. (transitive) To make flat and level.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To equal.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be equal.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To set right; to complete.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To act up to; to keep pace with.
- adv. (archaic) Exactly, just, fully.
- adv. In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
- adv. Emphasizing a comparative.
- adv. (ironic) Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance. Rather.
- n. (mathematics, diminutive) An even number.
- n. (archaic or poetic) Evening.
excitement- n. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
- n. (countable) something that excites.
exhilaration- n. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
- n. The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.
feed- v. (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- v. (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- v. (transitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- v. (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- v. (figuratively) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- v. To supply with something.
- v. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- v. (sports, transitive) To pass to.
- v. (phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply.
- n. (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
- n. Something supplied continuously.
- n. The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- n. (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.
- n. (Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of fee.
flow- n. A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts.
- n. The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
- n. (mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of…
- n. The rising movement of the tide.
- n. Smoothness or continuity.
- n. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- n. (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- n. The emission of blood during menstruation.
- n. (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- v. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
- v. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
- v. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- v. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
- v. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
- v. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
- v. (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated…
- v. (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
- v. (transitive) To cover with varnish.
- v. (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
flower- n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various…
- n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and…
- n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
- n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- n. (idiomatic) The best examples or representatives of a group.
- n. The best state of things; the prime.
- n. (obsolete) Flour.
- n. (in the plural, chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from…
- n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
- n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
- n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges.
- v. (intransitive) To put forth blooms.
- v. (intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
- v. (intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
- v. (intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
- n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river.
flowing- v. present participle of flow.
- n. The action of the verb to flow.
- adj. Tending to flow.
- adj. Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
furbish- v. To polish or burnish.
- v. To renovate or recondition.
gush- n. A sudden rapid outflow.
- v. To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- v. To make an excessive display of enthusiasm or sentiment.
- v. (of a woman, during orgasm) To ejaculate a clear fluid from the urethra.
healthiness- n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being healthy.
- n. (countable) The product or result of being healthy.
heyday- n. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
- interj. A lively greeting.
- interj. (obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
irrigate- v. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
- v. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
kick- v. (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- v. (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- v. (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- v. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
- v. (Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- v. (slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- v. To move or push suddenly and violently.
- v. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- v. (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- v. (cycling, intransitive) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from…
- n. A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- n. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- n. (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
- n. (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
- n. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it…
- n. (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- n. (uncountable and countable) piquancy.
- n. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- n. (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- n. (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- n. a recoil of a gun.
- n. (informal) pocket.
- n. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
- v. To die.
level- adj. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- adj. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- adj. Unvaried in frequency.
- adj. Unvaried in volume.
- adj. Calm.
- adj. In the same position or rank.
- adj. Straightforward; direct; clear.
- adj. Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- adj. (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection ; monotonic.
- n. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- n. A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- n. Degree or amount.
- n. (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- n. (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered…
- n. (role-playing games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
- n. A floor of a multi-storey building.
- n. (Britain) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- n. (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- v. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- v. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- v. (role-playing games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- v. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- v. (sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- v. (nonstandard, rare) To levy.
- v. (figuratively) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege,…
- v. To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- v. (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.
loaded- v. simple past tense and past participle of load.
- adj. Burdened by some heavy load; packed.
- adj. (of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber; armed.
- adj. (slang) Possessing great wealth.
- adj. (slang) Drunk.
- adj. (baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
- adj. (dice games, also used figuratively) a die or dice being Weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce…
- adj. (of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.
- adj. (of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke…
- adj. (of an item offered for sale, especially an automobile) Equipped with numerous options; deluxe.
- adj. (food, colloquial) Covered with a topping or toppings.
moneyed- adj. Alternative spelling of monied.
outpouring- n. The sudden flowing of a large amount of something.
peak- n. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- n. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- n. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- n. (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- n. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- n. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- n. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- n. (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is…
- v. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- v. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- v. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
- v. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- v. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
- v. Misspelling of pique.
period- adj. Appropriate for a given historical era.
- adj. (of a film, or play, or similar) Set in and designed to evoke a particular historical period, especially…
- interj. (chiefly Canada, US) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
- n. A length of time.
- n. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
- n. (now chiefly Canada, US) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- n. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition…
- n. Female menstruation.
- n. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
- n. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
- n. (chiefly Canada, US) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
- n. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
- n. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
- n. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic…
- n. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
- n. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
- n. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix:…
- n. (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
- n. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
- n. (mathematics) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed…
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.
- v. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.
polish- n. A substance used to polish.
- n. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
- n. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
- v. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
- v. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
- v. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
- v. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
- v. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
prime- adj. First in importance, degree, or rank.
- adj. First in time, order, or sequence.
- adj. First in excellence, quality, or value.
- adj. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- adj. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- adj. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
- adj. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- adj. Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- adj. (obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
- n. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- n. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- n. (obsolete) The early morning generally.
- n. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
- n. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- n. The chief or best individual or part.
- n. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- n. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword…
- n. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- n. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of…
- n. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
- n. The symbol ′.
- n. (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element;…
- n. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- n. (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
- v. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
- v. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
- v. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- v. (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes…
- v. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- v. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
- v. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
- v. (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
- n. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
purge- n. An act of purging.
- n. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
- n. A cleansing of pipes.
- n. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
- n. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
- v. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
- v. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
- v. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
- v. (transitive, medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
- v. (transitive, medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
- v. (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
- v. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
- v. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
- v. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
redden- v. (intransitive) To become red or redder.
- v. (transitive) To make red or redder.
reflex- n. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- n. (linguistics) the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter…
- n. (obsolete) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
- adj. Bent, turned back or reflected.
- adj. Produced automatically by a stimulus.
- adj. (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
- adj. (photography) Of a camera or camera mechanism, using a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass…
- v. to bend, turn back or reflect.
- v. to respond to a stimulus.
rich- adj. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
- adj. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
- adj. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
- adj. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
- adj. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious;…
- adj. Not faint or delicate; vivid.
- adj. (informal, dated) Very amusing.
- adj. (informal) Ridiculous, absurd.
- adj. Used to form adjectives when combined with common nouns for things considered desirable in the context…
- adj. (computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
- adj. Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen-…
- v. (obsolete) To enrich.
rinse- v. (transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
- v. (transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.
- v. (Britain, slang) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
- n. The action of rinsing.
- n. A liquid used to rinse, (now) particularly a hair dye.
rosiness- n. The quality of being rosy.
run- v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
- v. (fluids) To flow.
- v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- v. (social) To carry out an activity.
- v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
- v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
- v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
- v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
- v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
- v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- v. To have growth or development.
- v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
- v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
- v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
- n. A pleasure trip.
- n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- n. Migration (of fish).
- n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- n. A (regular) trip or route.
- n. The route taken while running or skiing.
- n. The distance sailed by a ship.
- n. A voyage.
- n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
- n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- n. A trial.
- n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
- n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
- n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
- n. Any sudden large demand for something.
- n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
- n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
- n. (cricket) A point scored.
- n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
- n. Unrestricted use of.
- n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
- n. A pair or set of millstones.
- n. (video games) A playthrough.
- n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
- adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
- adj. Cast in a mould.
- adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
- adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
rush- n. Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems…
- n. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- n. The merest trifle; a straw.
- n. A sudden forward motion.
- n. A surge.
- n. General haste.
- n. A rapid, noisy flow.
- n. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- n. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- n. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
- n. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- n. (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- n. (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
- n. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- v. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- v. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- v. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- v. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt…
- v. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- v. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- v. (military) To swiftly attach to without warning.
- v. (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing…
- v. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- v. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- v. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
- adj. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
scour- v. To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously.
- v. To remove dirt and debris by purging; to sweep along or off (by a current of water).
- v. To search an area thoroughly.
- v. (intransitive, medicine) (Of livestock,) to suffer from diarrhea or dysentery.
- v. (transitive, veterinary medicine) To purge.
- v. (obsolete) To cleanse.
- n. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
- n. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; scurry; move swiftly over; to brush along.
shine- v. (intransitive) To emit light.
- v. (intransitive) To reflect light.
- v. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- v. (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- v. (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- v. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
- v. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- v. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
- v. (US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
- n. Brightness from a source of light.
- n. Brightness from reflected light.
- n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
- n. Shoeshine.
- n. Sunshine.
- n. (slang) Moonshine.
- n. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
- n. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
- n. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
- v. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
- v. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
sluice- n. An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream,…
- n. A water gate or floodgate.
- n. Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- n. The stream flowing through a flood gate.
- n. (mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
- n. (linguistics) An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
- v. (transitive, rare) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
- v. (transitive) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice.
- v. (transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
- v. (transitive) (more generally) To wash (down or out).
- v. (intransitive) To flow, pour.
- v. (linguistics) To elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
smooth- adj. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- adj. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- adj. Bland; glib.
- adj. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- adj. (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
- adj. (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- adj. (of a motion) Unbroken.
- adj. (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- adj. (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- adj. (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- adj. (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- adj. (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s…
- adj. (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- adj. (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- adj. (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- adv. Smoothly.
- n. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
- n. A smoothing action.
- n. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
- n. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
- n. (statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
- v. To make smooth or even.
- v. To make straightforward.
- v. (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving…
smoothen- v. To make smooth.
- v. To become smooth.
soak- v. (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- v. (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- v. (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- v. (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up).
- v. (figuratively, transitive) To take money from.
- v. (slang, dated) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
- v. (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- v. (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- v. (figuratively, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- n. An immersion in water etc.
- n. (slang, Britain) A drunkard.
- n. (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
sop- n. Something entirely soaked.
- n. A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
- n. Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
- n. A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop.
- n. Gravy. (Appalachia).
- n. (obsolete) A thing of little or no value.
- v. To steep or dip in any liquid.
souse- n. Something kept or steeped in brine.
- n. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
- n. A person suffering from alcoholism.
- v. To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
- n. The act of sousing, or swooping.
- n. A heavy blow.
- v. (now dialectal, transitive) to strike, beat.
- v. (now dialectal, intransitive) to fall heavily.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) to pounce upon.
- n. (obsolete) sou (the French coin).
- n. (dated) A small amount.
symptom- n. (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease…
- n. (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else,…
thrill- v. (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify;…
- v. (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- v. (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- v. (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- n. A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
- n. A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- n. (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
- n. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
water- n. (uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear…
- n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements…
- n. (often in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.
- n. A combination of water and other substance(s).
- n. (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective…
- n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
- n. (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
- n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
- n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
- v. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- v. (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- v. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
- v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
- v. (transitive) To dilute.
- v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
- v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
- v. (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines;…
wealthy- adj. Possessing financial wealth; rich.
- adj. Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
- n. (with "the") Rich people.
- n. A rich person.
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