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

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The flushing noise of many waters.    --Boyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red;
        to blush.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  flushed
       adj 1: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: 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: crimson, red, reddened, red-faced]

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

  flushed
     a.
     Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
     vb.
     (infl of en flush  ed-form)

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

  flushed
     a.
     Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
     vb.
     (infl of en flush  ed-form)

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

  flushed
     a.
     Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
     vb.
     (infl of en flush  ed-form)

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

  flushed
     a.
     Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
     vb.
     (infl of en flush  ed-form)

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

  flushed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f lush ed)

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

  flushed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en flush ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb flush)

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

  Flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  متدفّق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/ 
  zrudlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/ 
  spláchnutý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  abgespritzt
   see: flush, flushing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  aufgeflogen
   see: flush, flushing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  aufgescheucht
   see: flush, flushing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  durchflutet
   see: flush, flushing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  errötet, rot geworden
   see: flush, flushing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  gespült, ausgespült
     Synonym: flushed out
  
   see: flush sth., flush out sth., flushing, flushing out, flush the toilet
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  
  ξαναμμένος

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/ 
  1. परिपूर्ण
        "When his work was appreciated by the boss, he flushed with pleasure."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  flushed /flˈʌʃt/
  1. felhevült
  2. kipirult

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɫəʃt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  181 Moby Thesaurus words for "flushed":
     ablaze, afire, ardent, baking, beaming, blistering, blithe,
     blithesome, bloated, bloated with pride, blooming, blowzed, blowzy,
     blushful, blushing, boiling, boiling over, breathless, bright,
     bright and sunny, broiling, burning, burning hot,
     burning with excitement, burnt, bursting with happiness, canicular,
     carried away, cheerful, cheery, cock-a-hoop, cordial, crowing,
     delighting, delirious, drunk, ebullient, ecstatic, elate, elated,
     embarrassed, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthusiastic,
     entranced, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, excited, exhilarated,
     exuberant, exultant, exulting, febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered,
     feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, florid, flush,
     flushed with pride, freaked out, fresh, fresh as April,
     full-blooded, genial, glad, gladsome, gloating, glowing, green,
     grilling, happy, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, high, hopeful,
     hot, hot as fire, hot as hell, hyperpyretic, hyperthermic,
     imparadised, impassioned, in a fever, in ecstasies,
     in good spirits, in heaven, in high feather, in high spirits,
     in paradise, in raptures, in rut, in seventh heaven, inflamed,
     intense, intoxicated, irrepressible, jubilant, keen, laughing,
     like a furnace, like an oven, lively, of good cheer, on cloud nine,
     on fire, optimistic, overheated, overjoyed, overjoyful, overwarm,
     parching, passionate, pink, piping hot, pleasant, possessed,
     puffed up, pyretic, radiant, rapt, raptured, rapturous, ravished,
     red, red-complexioned, red-faced, red-fleshed, red-hot, rejoicing,
     rhapsodic, riant, roasting, rosy, rosy-cheeked, rubicund, ruddy,
     ruddy-complexioned, ruddy-faced, sanguine, sanguineous, scalding,
     scorching, searing, seething, sent, sexually excited, sheepish,
     simmering, sizzling hot, smiling, smoking hot, sparkling, steaming,
     steamy, sudorific, sunburned, sunny, sweating, sweaty, sweltering,
     sweltry, swollen, toasting, torrid, transported, triumphant,
     unrestrained, vigorous, warm, white-hot, winsome, youthful,
     zealous
  
  

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