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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
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              To the nuptial bower
              I led her blushing like the morn.     --Milton.
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              In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the
              young offender is ashamed to blush.   --Buckminster.
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              He would stroke
              The head of modest and ingenuous worth,
              That blushed at its own praise.       --Cowper.
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     2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
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              The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set,
              But stayed, and made the western welkin blush.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other
        flowers.
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              Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T.
                                                    Gray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Blush \Blush\, v. t.
     1. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
        [Obs.]
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              To blush and beautify the cheek again. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To express or make known by blushing.
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              I'll blush you thanks.                --Shak.
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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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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\ (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 ]


  Blush \Blush\, v. t.
     1. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
        [Obs.]
  
              To blush and beautify the cheek again. --Shak.
  
     2. To express or make known by blushing.
  
              I'll blush you thanks.                --Shak.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  blush
       n 1: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of
            good health [syn: bloom, flush, rosiness]
       2: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt
          or shame or modesty) [syn: flush]
       v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed
            when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: crimson,
             flush, redden]
       2: become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold
          winter air"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blush
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ κοσμετολογία en) το ρουζ
     Αγγλικά vb.
     κοκκινίζω (''όπως από ντροπή)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blush
     n.
     1 An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame,
  modesty, etc.
     2 A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes
  experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness,
  shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The collective noun for a group of
  boys).<ref>The 1986 ''Oxford Reference Dictionary'', Appendix,
  cites ''(w: The Book of Saint Albans),'' circa 1486, attributed to (w:
  Juliana Berners), in which “a Blusshe of boyes” appears in an extensive
  list of collective
  nouns.<sup>[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16392.0001.001]</sup></ref>
     Portuguese n.
     (l en blush) (gloss: makeup used to redden the cheeks)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  blush
     n.
     1 An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame,
  modesty, etc.
     2 A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes
  experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness,
  shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The collective noun for a group of
  boys).<ref>The 1986 ''Oxford Reference Dictionary'', Appendix,
  cites ''(w: The Book of Saint Albans),'' circa 1486, attributed to (w:
  Juliana Berners), in which “a Blusshe of boyes” appears in an extensive
  list of collective
  nouns.<sup>[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16392.0001.001]</sup></ref>

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  blush
     n.
     1 An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame,
  modesty, etc.
     2 A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes
  experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness,
  shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The collective noun for a group of
  boys).<ref>The 1986 ''Oxford Reference Dictionary'', Appendix,
  cites ''(w: The Book of Saint Albans),'' circa 1486, attributed to (w:
  Juliana Berners), in which “a Blusshe of boyes” appears in an extensive
  list of collective
  nouns.<sup>[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16392.0001.001]</sup></ref>
     Portuguese n.
     (l en blush) (gloss: makeup used to redden the cheeks)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  blush
     n.
     1 An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame,
  modesty, etc.
     2 A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes
  experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness,
  shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The collective noun for a group of
  boys).<ref>The 1986 ''Oxford Reference Dictionary'', Appendix,
  cites ''(w: The Book of Saint Albans),'' circa 1486, attributed to (w:
  Juliana Berners), in which “a Blusshe of boyes” appears in an extensive
  list of collective
  nouns.<sup>[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16392.0001.001]</sup></ref>
     Portuguese n.
     (l en blush) (gloss: makeup used to redden the cheeks)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blush
     Englanti n.
     poskipuna
     Englanti vb.
     punastua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blush
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg: text=om person) rodna

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Blush /blˈʌʃ/
  الحمرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  blush //blʌʃ// 
  1. изчервя́ване
  an act of blushing
  2. руж
  makeup

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  blush //blʌʃ// 
  зачервя́ се, зачервя́вам се, изчервя́ се, изчервя́вам се
  to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment