Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blushing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blushing \Blush"ing\, a.
Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color
like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.
The dappled pink and blushing rose. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blushing \Blush"ing\, n.
The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or
flush upon the cheeks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blushing
adj : having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation
or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought
before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was
red-faced with anger" [syn: {blushful}, {blushing(a)},
{red-faced}]
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