What is "blush"

Blush \Blush\ (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blushed (bl[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blushing.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.]

1. 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.

   To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn.
   --Milton.

   In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush.
   --Buckminster.

   He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at its own praise.
   --Cowper.

2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

   The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush.
   --Shak.

3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

   Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.
   --T. Gray.

Blush \Blush\, v. t.

1. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

   To blush and beautify the cheek again.
   --Shak.

2. To express or make known by blushing.

   I'll blush you thanks.
   --Shak.

Blush \Blush\, n.

1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

   The rosy blush of love.
   --Trumbull.

2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

   Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills.
   --Lyttleton.

   At first blush, or At the first blush, at the first appearance or view. ``At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France.''
   --Hakluyt.

   Note: This phrase is used now more of ideas, opinions, etc., than of material things. ``All purely identical propositions, obviously, and at first blush, appear,'' etc.
   --Locke.

   To put to the blush, to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.

mid-14c., bluschen, blischen, probably from Old English blyscan "blush, become red, glow" (glossing Latin rutilare), akin to blyse "torch," from Proto-Germanic *blisk- "to shine, burn," which also yielded words in Low German (Dutch blozen "to blush") and Scandinavian (Danish blusse "to blaze; to blush"); ultimately from PIE *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).\n

\nFor vowel evolution, see bury. Earliest recorded senses were "to shine brightly; to look, stare." Sense of "turn red in the face" (with shame, modesty, etc.) is from c.1400. Related: Blushed; blushing.

mid-14c., "a look, a glance" (sense preserved in at first blush), also "a gleam, a gleaming" (late 14c.), from blush (v.). As "a reddening of the face" from 1590s. Meaning "a rosy color" is 1590s.

Etymology 1 n. 1 An act of blushing. 2 (context uncountable English) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. Confer rouge. 3 A color between pink and cream. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment. 2 (context intransitive English) To become red. 3 (context transitive English) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. 4 (context transitive English) To express or make known by blushing. 5 (context intransitive English) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers. Etymology 2

n. The collective noun for a group of boys.

1. n. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, flush, rosiness]

2. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) [syn: flush]

3. v. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: crimson, flush, redden]

4. become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air"

Blush may refer to:

• Blushing, the physiological occurrence of temporary redness of the face as an emotional response
• Blush (cosmetics) or rouge, a cosmetic
• Blush (magazine), a Canadian lifestyle magazine
• Blush wine, a kind of rosé wine
• Blush, Albania
• Blush, a Crayola crayon color
• Blush (surname)

Blush is a 1995 Chinese film about the experience of two women during the People's Republic of China's campaign to re-educate prostitutes. Blush was directed by Li Shaohong and stars He Saifei, Wang Ji, and Wang Zhiwen. The film was a co-production between Hong Kong's Ocean Film and Beijing Film Studio. The film is based on the eponymous novel by the writer Su Tong.

Blush won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Single Achievement at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival in 1995.

Blush (stylized as blush) is a Canadian magazine for urban mothers that focuses on pregnancy and the first three years of a child’s life.

Blush features articles on topics such as prenatal tests, breastfeeding, postnatal fitness, nutritional supplements, and maternity clothing and fashion. The magazine promotes healthy living for moms, moms-to-be, and kids, all devoted to mommy’s lifestyle. Stories on the hottest maternity clothes and lingerie, “getting your post-pregnancy body back,” and “yoga for two” give readers the inside scoop.

Blush is distributed through retailers such as West Coast Kids, UC Baby and Please Mum, a national kids’ clothing store with 91 locations in Canada. The magazine is also available at fertility clinics and hospitals across Canada. Blush is produced bi-annually by Teldon Publishing, a commercial printing company based in Richmond, British Columbia.

Blush was a Mexican pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco made up of 4 young women.

Blush is an Asian girl group originally composed of five members from the Philippines, India, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. They were formed by FarWest Entertainment in 2010 with the intent of popularizing an Asian vocal act in the United States as well as in all of Asia. They perform in the English language and are based in Los Angeles, California. A reality show called Project Lotus: The Search for Blush about how the band was formed, premiered on Channel V on March 8, 2012. The group was the first Asian group to have its debut single hit the top 3 on a major US Billboard Chart when "Undivided" feat. Snoop Dogg made No. 3 on the Billboard Dance/Play Chart. Their second single "Dance On" got to No. 1 on that chart.

Blush is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brian Blush, American musician, guitarist for The Refreshments
• Heather Blush, Canadian jazz and blues singer
• Steven Blush, American author, publisher and promoter

Fictional characters:

• Fatima Blush, a character in the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again

Blush is the debut EP by British alternative rock band Wolf Alice, produced by Austen Jux-Chandler. It was released on 7 October 2013, on limited edition 10" vinyl. "She" is the first song to come from the EP, which was uploaded to Wolf Alice's Soundcloud page.

Blush is the second studio album by British emo band Moose Blood.