| verb | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame “The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by” |
| verb | flow freely “The garbage flushed down the river” |
| verb | glow or cause to glow with warm color or light “the sky flushed with rosy splendor” |
| verb | make level or straight “level the ground” |
| verb | rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid “flush the wound with antibiotics” |
| verb | irrigate with water from a sluice “sluice the earth” |
| verb | cause to flow or flood with or as if with water “flush the meadows” |
| adjective | having the pinkish flush of health |
| adjective | (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion “crimson with fury” |
| blush | noun | sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) |
| blusher | noun | yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched |
| crimson | noun | a deep and vivid red color |
| flush | noun | a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health |
| level | noun | indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid |
| leveller | noun | a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions |
| leveler | noun | a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions |
| scour | noun | a place that is scoured (especially by running water) |
| purge | noun | an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements |
| sluice | noun | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate |
| rosiness | noun | a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health |
| redness | noun | a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat |