Flush v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.]
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle.
It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.
4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.
flushed
adj 1: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: rose-cheeked, rosy,
rosy-cheeked]
2: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
"turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes";
"red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with
embarrassment" [syn: crimson, red, reddened, red-faced]