Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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strike | Yes | No | Yes | No |
flush | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
strike (noun) | flush (noun) |
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a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions | sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) |
a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball | a sudden rapid flow (as of water) |
an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective | the swift release of a store of affective force |
a conspicuous success | a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit |
(baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders | a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health |
a gentle blow | sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) |
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity |
strike (adjective) | flush (adjective) |
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of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane | |
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
strike (verb) | flush (verb) |
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cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame |
arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing | cause to flow through something |
indicate (a certain time) by striking | rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid |
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | irrigate with water from a sluice |
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon | cause to flow or flood with or as if with water |
hit against; come into sudden contact with | make level or straight |
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | glow or cause to glow with warm color or light |
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | |
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | |
pierce with force | |
smooth with a strickle | |
hook by a pull on the line | |
produce by ignition or a blow | |
form by stamping, punching, or printing | |
disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set | |
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | |
drive something violently into a location | |
occupy or take on | |
cause to experience suddenly | |
find unexpectedly | |
stop work in order to press demands | |
attain | |
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly |
strike (adverb) | flush (adverb) |
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squarely or solidly | |
in the same plane |