Definition of Flushed
Flushed
flushed
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
warm and red, usually due to strong emotion, physical exertion, or illness, used to describe the skin of someone's face;
e.g. Their faces were flushed from exercising in the heat.
(adjective)
elated and excited by something, thrilled or overjoyed;
e.g. He looked proud and flushed as he took the trophy.
(verb)
became warm and red in the face, or caused someone's face to become warm and red, or generally glowed with color, warmth, or light;
e.g. He flushed when he remembered how badly he had behaved.
(verb)
caused a lot of water to pass/flow through something in order to cleanse it;
e.g. She flushed out the container with disinfectant.
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