Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flushed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flushed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flushing}.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz
a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash;
perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flushed
adj 1: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: {blooming}, {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: {aflame(p)}, {crimson}, {red}, {reddened},
{red-faced}]
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