flushed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
   crimson; blush; redden; flush.
   
   • The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
2. verb flow freely
   flush.
   
   • The garbage flushed down the river
3. verb glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
   flush.
   
   • the sky flushed with rosy splendor
4. verb make level or straight
   even; even out; level; flush.
   
   • level the ground
5. verb rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
   purge; scour; flush.
   
   • flush the wound with antibiotics
   • purge the old gas tank
6. verb irrigate with water from a sluice
   sluice; flush.
   
   • sluice the earth
7. verb cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
   flush.
   
   • flush the meadows
8. adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
   rose-cheeked; rosy; rosy-cheeked.
   
9. adjective satellite (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
   crimson; red-faced; reddened; red.
   
   • crimson with fury
   • turned red from exertion
   • with puffy reddened eyes
   • red-faced and violent
   • flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment

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