flush vs blush

Definitions

noun

1. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
3. a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
4. the swift release of a store of affective force
5. a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

verb

1. irrigate with water from a sluice
2. cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
3. glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
4. flow freely
5. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

adverb

1. in the same plane
2. squarely or solidly

adjective

1. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
2. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Examples

The question was tinged with a touch of sarcasm that made her embarrassed flush renew its bright shade and caused her to clench her fists.

Innovations in touchless technology have made it possible to install an automatic flusher without ripping out existing fixtures.

They say that simply flushing out rogue unleaded petrol is sufficient.

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Definitions

noun

1. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
2. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

verb

1. become rosy or reddish
2. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Examples

Walpole from then on ridiculed GW, calling him a fanfaron braggart, and saying that he soon “learned to blush for his rodomontade.”

It's frilly and inconsequential and best known for its appearances on princesses, dolls and blushing faces.

an unblushing apologist for fascism

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