flush
15
4.6
- noun
- /flʌʃ/
:
rubor
- It will consist of seven stanzas, each one as exquisite and ephemeral and meaningless as the eyelash of a gnat... or the first pale flush of dawn.
- hot flushes
- flushes and night sweats
- reduce hot flushes
I really love this for just a natural flush of bronze.
- I really love this for just a natural flush of bronze.
- I only know about Asian flush green life.
- Can I see this pink flush I have coming through a bit?
- A light tinted balm to give lips and cheeks a slight flush and Dewey finish.
- So This is why we do this, to give it this natural, beautiful flush look all over.
- This is the simian haze blush sun flush in the color Peach.
- This is the too faced sweethearts perfect flush blush in candy glow.
Examples
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Nick lowered his head to conceal the flush that had suddenly risen to his cheeks.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Not ready to go it alone, eh?" Dancing Fox fought a flush of embarrassment.
Fiction book (1990) -
Can I see this pink flush I have coming through a bit?
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It's a really fresh flush of pink.
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I really love this for just a natural flush of bronze.
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This is such a beautiful soft flush of the cheek.
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See the flush of human blood in her cheeks.
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It gives you such a pretty warm glowy flush to the cheeks.
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"No!" Eneas shouted hoarsely, and a flush of red colored his neck and cheeks.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nick lowered his head to conceal the flush that had suddenly risen to his cheeks.
Synonyms
11
1.0
A pink or red color in the cheeks from strong feelings such as embarrassment
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
1
9.9
A poker hand missing one card to make five cards of the same suit and worth little
- Archaic
An attempt to trick others by pretending to have a strong poker hand or more success than you have
How Red
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flush comes from the root flu- meaning 'to flow', like in flow and fluid; think of a sudden 'flow' of blood to the face, and that is why a flush is a sudden redness.