adjective
having the pinkish flush of health
Synonyms
rose-cheeked
rosy
rosy-cheeked
adjective
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
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- crimson with fury
- turned red from exertion
- with puffy reddened eyes
- red-faced and violent
- flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
verb
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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- The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
verb
flow freely
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- The garbage flushed down the river
verb
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
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- the sky flushed with rosy splendor
verb
make level or straight
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- level the ground
verb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
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- flush the wound with antibiotics
- purge the old gas tank
verb
irrigate with water from a sluice
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- sluice the earth
verb
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
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- flush the meadows