- [countable, usually singular] a red colour that appears on your face or body because you are embarrassed, excited or hot
- A pink flush spread over his cheeks.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- Hot drinks can cause sweating and hot flushes in the face and head.
- The memory brought a deep flush to her cheeks.
- There was a faint flush of colour on those pale cheeks.
- There was an unhealthy flush across his thin face.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faint
- slight
- deep
- …
- feel
- bring
- creep
- rise
- spread
- …
- flush in
- flush of
- the first flush of enthusiasm, passion, youth, etc.
- [countable, usually singular] a sudden strong feeling; the hot feeling on your face or body caused by this
- a flush of anger/embarrassment/enthusiasm/guilt
Extra Examples- A flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks.
- She felt a dull flush of anger creeping into her face.
- a hectic flush of rising excitement
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faint
- slight
- deep
- …
- feel
- bring
- creep
- rise
- spread
- …
- flush in
- flush of
- the first flush of enthusiasm, passion, youth, etc.
- [singular] the act of cleaning a toilet with a sudden flow of water
- Give the toilet a flush.
- [countable] (in card games) a set of cards that a player has that are all of the same suit see also royal flush
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash and blush. noun sense 4 early 16th cent.: from French flux (formerly flus), from Latin fluxus ‘a flow’ (see flux: the use in cards can be compared with English run).
Idioms
See flush in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(in) the first flush of something
- (formal) (at) a time when something is new, exciting and strong
- in the first flush of youth/enthusiasm/romance
Extra Examples- I'm no longer in the first flush of youth.
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