flushed

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/flʌʃt/ English

Definitions

verb

To cause to take flight from concealment.“The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.”
To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.“A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”

verb

To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.“Flush the injury with plenty of water.”
Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.“The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.”
To cause to blush.

adjective

Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.

Related words

Synonyms

blush blushing red red-faced reddened crimson rosy blooming aflame colored colorful coloured healthy in color rose-cheeked rosy-cheeked rouge rosed

Associated

gunge toilet lethargy flush sedation sewer septic inert sweating jackman quail flushing

Rhymes

hushed brushed rushed crushed gushed mushed shushed blushed slushed squished

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