blush
has definitions from the fields of medicine,color,biology
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[ verb ] (color) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Examples "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" Used in print (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)This joke was not funny to Linda_Kay , and she blushed , as she always did ; then , hearing the muffled boom of Howard 's laughter , blushed redder . This joke was not funny to Linda_Kay , and she blushed , as she always did ; then , hearing the muffled boom of Howard 's laughter , blushed redder . But there was no need for Linda_Kay to go_on , since all she wanted in life was to make a home for Bobby_Joe and ( blushing ) raise his children . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)We blushed and were flustered , and it turned_out to be the fleetest brush of lips upon cheek . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)Then , my mother blushed at this small lie ; for she knew and we knew that it was cowardice that had made one more radish that night just too impossible a strain . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (color) become rosy or reddish
Examples "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
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