Definition of: blush

(blush) v.i.
1. To redden, especially in the face; flush.
2. To become red or rosy, as flowers.
3. To feel shame or regret: usually with at or for.
—v.t.
4. To make red.
5. To exhibit or make known by blushing: She blushed her pride.
—noun
1. A reddening of the face from modesty, shame, or confusion.
2. A red or rosy tint; flush.
3. A glance; glimpse; view: obsolete except in the phrase at or on first blush.
—adj. Colored like one blushing: a blush rose. [OE blyscan redden]
—blush′ful adjective
—blush′ing adjective