Lexic.us

Definition of Blush

1. Verb. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"

2. Noun. A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.

3. Verb. Become rosy or reddish. "Her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air"

4. Noun. Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty).

Definition of Blush

1. v. i. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

2. v. t. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

3. n. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

Definition of Blush

1. Noun. An act of blushing. ¹

2. Noun. A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. Confer rouge. ¹

3. Noun. A color between pink and cream. ¹

4. Verb. To redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment. ¹

5. Noun. The collective noun for a group of boys. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blush

1. to become red [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: red

Medical Definition of Blush

1. 1. A sudden and brief redness of the face and neck due to emotion. 2. In angiography, used metaphorically to describe neovascularity or, in some cases, extravasation. Origin: M.E., fr. O.E. Blyscan (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blush

blurriness blurrinesses blurring blurringly blurry blurs blurse blurt out blurted blurter

blurters blurting blurtings blurts blush (current term) blush is off the peach blush is off the rose blush wine blushed blusher

blushers blushes blushest blushet blusheth blushets blushful blushfully blushfulness

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