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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Blush \Blush\, n.
1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a
sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.
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The rosy blush of love. --Trumbull.
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2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.
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Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills.
--Lyttleton.
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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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
at the first blush /at ðə fˈɜːst blˈʌʃ/
1. látszólag
2. elsô pillantásra
3. elsô tekintetre
4. elsô látásra
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
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