blush
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Types & categories
- good health hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
Types & categories
- discolour hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Types & categories
- reflex hypernym
Related & opposite
- blush derivation
Sense 4 verb
become rosy or reddish
her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air
Types & categories
- redden hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flushed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | good health |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rouge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crimson |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blusher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discolour |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reflex |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | redden |