blush has definitions from the fields of medicine,color,biology
1
[ verb ] (color) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Synonyms

flush redden crimson

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 .

2
[ verb ] (color) become rosy or reddish

Examples

"her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air"

Related terms

redden

3
[ noun ] (biology,medicine) sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Synonyms

flush

Related terms

reflex

4
[ noun ] (medicine) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Synonyms

flush bloom rosiness

Related terms

good_health

*