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blush

   [bluhsh]
–verb (used without object)
1. to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
2. to feel shame or embarrassment (often fol. by at or for): Your behavior makes me blush for your poor mother.
3. (of the sky, flowers, etc.) to become rosy.
4. (of new house paint or lacquer) to become cloudy or dull through moisture or excessive evaporation of solvents.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make red; flush.
6. to make known by a blush: She could not help blushing the truth.
–noun
7. a reddening, as of the face.
8. rosy or pinkish tinge.
9. blusher (def. 2).
10. Also called blushʹ wineʹ, rosé.
—Idiom
11. at first blush, without previous knowledge or adequate consideration; at first glance: At first blush, the solution to the problem seemed simple enough.
Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) ME bluschen, OE blyscan to redden; akin to OE blysa, ON blys, MLG blus torch, bloschen to blaze; (n.) ME blusch, blisch, deriv. of the v.
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blush     (blŭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   blushed, blush·ing, blush·es
  1. To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.
  2. To become red or rosy.
  3. To feel embarrassed or ashamed: blushed at his own audacity.
n.  
  1. A reddening of the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame.
  2. A red or rosy color: the blush of dawn.
  3. A glance, look, or view: thought the painting genuine at first blush.
  4. Blusher.

[Middle English blushen, from Old English blyscan; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
blush'ful adj., blush'ing·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
blush 
M.E. bluschen, from O.E. blyscan "become red, glow," akin to blyse "torch," from P.Gmc. *blusi, which also yielded words in Low Ger., O.N.), from PIE *bhles- "shine" (see blaze). For vowel evolution, see bury.

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blush

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

verb
1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" 
2. become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air" 

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blush

see at first blush.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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blush (blŭsh)
n.
A sudden and brief redness of the face and neck due to emotion; flush.

blush v.

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Main Entry: blush
Pronunciation: 'bl&sh
Function: intransitive verb
: to become red in the face especially from shame, modesty, or confusion —blush noun

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Blush

Blush\ (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blushed (bl[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blushing.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.]

1. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn. --Milton.

In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. --Buckminster.

He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at its own praise. --Cowper.

2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush. --Shak.

3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T. Gray.

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Blush

Blush\, v. t. 1. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. [Obs.]

To blush and beautify the cheek again. --Shak.

2. To express or make known by blushing.

I'll blush you thanks. --Shak.

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Blush

Blush\, n. 1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

The rosy blush of love. --Trumbull.

2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. --Lyttleton.

At first blush, or At the first blush, at the first appearance or view. "At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France." --Hakluyt.

Note: This phrase is used now more of ideas, opinions, etc., than of material things. "All purely identical propositions, obviously, and at first blush, appear," etc. --Locke.

To put to the blush, to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.

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