1. (v. i.) 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.

2. (v. i.) To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

3. (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

4. (v. t.) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

5. (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing.

6. (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

7. (n.) A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

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