outflush en · NOUN
Etymology
From out- + flush.
Meanings
- A sudden glow of heat.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outflushes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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outflush en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + flush.
Meanings
- (transitive) To flush out (something).
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(transitive) To flush or blush more brightly than (something).
The maiden's face was turned away; but one hand lay in her lover's; with the other she was drawing close the loose folds of her mantle; the play of colour on her cheeks outflushed the tints of autumn; and not a doomed leaf of the forest fluttered more than her young heart.
1865 May – 1866 August, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, “Love in the Forest”, in Cradock Nowell. A Tale of the New Forest. […], revised edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outflushed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outflushed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outflushes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outflushing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |