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1blush — vb Blush, flush are comparable as verbs primarily when meaning to turn or grow red in the face and as nouns when meaning a turning or growing red in the face. Blush implies a sudden heightening of color usually as the result of shame or… …
2Flush — has several meanings:* Flush (cards), a hand in card games ** Flush (poker), a hand in poker * Flush toilet, a toilet using water to dispose of waste * Flush (novel), a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen * , an imaginative biography of Elizabeth… …
3blush to the roots of your hair — blush/flush/to the roots of your hair british phrase to have a very red face because you are embarrassed Thesaurus: changes in colour that show how you are feelinghyponym Main entry: root …
4flush to the roots of your hair — blush/flush/to the roots of your hair british phrase to have a very red face because you are embarrassed Thesaurus: changes in colour that show how you are feelinghyponym Main entry: root …
5flush — flush1 [flush] vi. [complex of several words, with senses FLASH & ME flusshen, to fly up suddenly, blended with echoic elements; “flow” senses < ? or akin to OFr fluir (stem fluiss ), to flow] 1. to flow and spread suddenly and rapidly 2. to… …
6flush# — flush n blush (see under BLUSH vb) Analogous words: *color, tinge, tint flush vb *blush Analogous words: color, tinge, tint (see corresponding nouns at COLOR): surge, *rise: betray, divulge, disclose, * …
7flush — [adj1] flat even, horizontal, level, planate, plane, smooth, square, true; concepts 486,490 Ant. rough, uneven flush [adj2] overflowing, abundant affluent, close, full, generous, lavish, liberal, opulent, prodigal, rich, wealthy, well off;… …
8blush — [n] pink coloring bloom, blossom, burning, color, flush, flushing, glow, glowing, mantling, pink tinge, reddening, redness, rosiness, rosy tint, ruddiness, scarlet; concept 622 Ant. paleness, pallidity, whiteness blush [v] become colored, pinken… …
9Flush — Flush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flushing}.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.] 1. To flow and spread suddenly;… …
10Flush — Flush, v. t. 1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the …
