blushing

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blushing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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     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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  Blushing \Blush"ing\, a.
     Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color
     like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.
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           The dappled pink and blushing rose.      --Prior.
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  Blushing \Blush"ing\, n.
     The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or
     flush upon the cheeks.
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blushing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  blushing
      adj 1: 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]