💧 To rinse out 😊 To turn red 💻 To clear data 🃏 Five same-suit cards 🌊 A sudden flow 😊 A red face 💵 Having lots of money 📏 Exactly level 📏 To make level 📏 Evenly aligned 🌱 A rich period

to flush

80 3.4

To become red because of heat or strong feeling

verb
/flʌʃ/

: sonrojarse

You look flushed, Meg dear.
the face flushed
cheeks flush

I'm trying to hold it in but it's like a flushing thing.

Examples

"Yes!" She was breathing quickly and her face was flushed, as flushed as it could get.

Fiction book (1991)
After running a marathon, his face was flushed from the physical exertion.
Max, you are flushed... and I am too at sight of different Max.

Poor Things (2023)
Most times I saw him, he was flushed, wild, emotional, and angry.

Academic text (2011)
And on and on until she had stopped, her face flushed, her eyes full of tears.

Fiction book (1991)
What is the issue here?" His father's face was flushed now, a deep, mottled, angry red.

Fiction book (1990)
Each one was prettier than the next, their pink faces flushed with the excitement of the game.

Fiction book (1991)
What they saw, as they stared at Mandy's flushed face, made their hearts overflow.

Fiction book (1991)
She flushed with embarrassment when her mistake was pointed out in front of the class.
The news of her promotion made her flush with pride and excitement.

Synonyms

to blush

vsto flush

99 1.3

To become red in the face from embarrassment or cold

is milder pinking of the face while the other covers stronger red and heat

to turn red

vsto flush

18 1.2

Become red in the face because you feel embarrassed, shy, or angry

also applies to skin reddening and heat not only visible emotion

to redden

vsto flush

11 3.7

To change to red, for example from heat or embarrassment

focuses on faces and emotion or heat rather than any red change

to crimson

vsto flush

Literature

9.0

To become red in the face from embarrassment or shame

is more general and common covering ordinary reddening and heat

Antonyms

to blanch

5 7.4

To become pale from sudden fear or shock

Phrasal Verbs

to flush out

51 4.5

Force unwanted people or things out of a place, often using water

to flush after

1 2.8

To make the toilet water run to clean it after use

to flush out toxins

4.4

Remove harmful substances from the body by drinking more water or sweating

to flush the loo

6.2

To make the toilet water move to carry away waste

Compounds

straight flush

Jargon

7 5.8

Five cards in a row all of the same suit

royal flush

4 5.3

A poker hand with ace, king, queen, jack and ten all in one suit

flush toilet

3 1.4

A toilet that uses water to wash away waste

courtesy flush

Informal

1 7.9

An extra toilet flush to reduce smell in a shared bathroom

busted flush

Jargon

1 9.9

A poker hand missing one card to make five cards of the same suit and worth little

flush-seamed

Specialized

8.8

Two pieces join edge to edge so their surfaces are level

four flush

Archaic

9.9

An attempt to trick others by pretending to have a strong poker hand or more success than you have

How Red

crimson

3.5

to flush

80 3.4

to blush

99 1.3

pale

291 1.0

Surface Forms

flush infinitive

flushed past

flushed past participle

flushing present participle

flushes third person singular

Etymology

To flush (become red) is like blood 'flowing' into the cheeks; the same root flu- 'to flow' helps you remember why the face can suddenly flush with color.