Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - blush
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Blush
blush
(blushes, blushing, blushed) When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed. ‘Hello, Maria,’ he said, and she blushed again... I blushed scarlet at my stupidity. VERB: V, V colour • Blush is also a noun. ‘The most important thing is to be honest,’ she says, without the trace of a blush. N-COUNT
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from blusshen Date: 14th century 1. outward appearance ; view at first ~ 2. a reddening of the face especially from shame, modesty, or confusion 3. a red or rosy tint 4. a cosmetic applied to the face to give a usually pink color or to accent the cheekbones • ~ful adjective II. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English blusshen, from Old English blyscan to redden; akin to Old English bly?sa flame, Old High German bluhhen to burn brightly Date: 15th century 1. to become red in the face especially from shame, modesty, or confusion 2. to feel shame or embarrassment 3. to have a rosy or fresh color ; bloom • ~ingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.intr. 1 a develop a pink tinge in the face from embarrassment or shame. b (of the face) redden in this way. 2 feel embarrassed or ashamed. 3 be or become red or pink. --n. 1 the act of blushing. 2 a pink tinge. Phrases and idioms at first blush on the first glimpse or impression. spare a person's blushes refrain from causing embarrassment esp. by praise. Etymology: ME f. OE blyscan ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. краска стыда, смущения to put to the blush —- заставить покраснеть, вогнать в краску to spare smb.'s blushes —- щадить чью-л скромность she turned away to hide her blushes —- она отвернулась, чтобы скрыть свое смущение she said it with a blush —- она сказала это и зарделась 2. розоватый цвет или отблеск 3. багрянец, красный цвет Id: at (the) first blush —- с первого взгляда; на первый взгляд Id: at first blush he thought the job would be easy —- на первый взгляд работа показалась ему легкой 4. краснеть, заливаться краской от смущения, стыда; смущаться to blush like a rose —- зардеться как маков цвет to blush to the roots of one's hair —- покраснеть до корней волос I blush for you —- я краснею за вас I do not blush to own that I am wrong —- я не стыжусь признаться, что я неправ 5. смущать, вгонять в краску ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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for стыдиться чего-л. When I see the prices that tourists are charged, I blush for my country. BLUSH 1. noun 1) румянец; краска стыда, смущения to put to the blush - заставить покраснеть to spare smb. s blushes - щадить чью-л. скромность, стыдливость 2) розоватый оттенок 3) obs. взгляд - at first blush 2. v. краснеть, заливаться румянцем от смущения, стыда (at, for - из-за чего-л.) I blush for shame when I remember how I treated you. to blush like a rose - зардеться как маков цвет to blush like a black/blue dog - отличаться бесстыдством - blush for Syn: colour, flush, redden Ant: blanch, pale, whiten ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed (He blushes every time he speaks to her) 2 to feel ashamed or embarrassed about something (blush to do sth) (I blush to think of the things I did when I was younger.) 3 the blushing bride humorous a young woman on her wedding day - blushingly adv ~2 n 1 the red colour on your face that appears when you are embarrassed (She felt a blush come to her cheeks when her name was mentioned.) 2 spare my blushes old-fashioned used to say that someone is praising you too much 3 at first blush literary when first thought of or considered (At first blush this discovery would seem to confirm his theory.) 4 AmE blusher ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. blyscan "become red, glow," akin to blyse "torch," from PIE *bhles- "shine" (see blaze). For vowel evolution, see bury. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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