blush
suomi-englanti sanakirjablush englannista suomeksi
punastua
punastus, puna, punastuminen
Substantiivi
blush englanniksi
An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, modesty, etc.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-3)
(RQ:Fielding Tom Jones) when he perceived her industriously avoiding any explanation, he was contented to remain in ignorance, the rather as he was not without suspicion that there were some circumstances which must have raised her blushes, had she related the whole truth.
(RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice)
(RQ:Woolf Mrs Dalloway)
(RQ:Irving History of New York)
{{quote-journal|en|title=Light on Light|journal=(magazine)|Time|date=10 August 1968|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624152309/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902202,00.html
Feeling or appearance of optimism.
1974, “April's Fading Carnation,” ''(magazine)|Time'', 9 September, 1974,https://web.archive.org/web/20130813201436/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904100,00.htmlSuperscript text
- The independence ceremony could not keep the blush of April's revolution, when carnations had seemed to sprout from every buttonhole, from fading.
2016, David McKay, “AngloGold to fire up dividend in 2017 as net debt cut a third,” miningmx.com, 15 August, 2016,http://www.miningmx.com/news/gold/27821-anglogold-fire-dividend-2017-net-debt-cut-third/
- The weakening of local currencies – in Argentina, Australia and Brazil – gave a blush to the financial numbers. (As a whole, all-in sustaining costs (AISC) improved to an average of $911/oz compared with the $924/oz recorded in the first half of 2015).
A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.
(syn)
2016, Sana Passricha, “Keep or Toss: The Shelflife of Your Beauty Treasures,” ''iDIVA'', 22 July, 2016,http://www.idiva.com/news-style-beauty/keep-or-toss-the-shelf-life-of-your-beauty-treasures/16072264
- The same rules that apply to face powder apply to powder blush, since neither contains water. Cream blush, however, should be replaced after a year. To prolong the life of any blush, clean your blush brush regularly and store the product in a dry place.
(color panel)
{{quote-journal|en|author=Kate Betts|title=What to Watch For in 2006|journal=(magazine)|Time|date=9 January 2006|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826124638/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1145240,00.html
A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.
2016, Mishkah Abrahams, “Blush or Rosé? The Cape's Best Summer Drink,” capetownetc.com, 29 September, 2016,http://www.capetownetc.com/blog/blush-or-rose-capes-best-summer-drink/
- If you’re looking to indulge in some good food while you sip your blush, pair the Chardonnay-Pinot Noir with fresh, summer foods such as sushi, refreshing salads, delicious seafood and fruity summertime desserts.
To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
(ux)
(RQ:KJV) they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
(RQ:Richardson Clarissa)
(RQ:James Washington Square)
{{quote-text|en|year=1912|author=Stratemeyer Syndicate|title=Baseball Joe on the School Nine|chapter=1
To be ashamed or embarrassed (''to'' do something).
(RQ:Addison Cato)
{{quote-book|en|year=1849|author=Henry Bibb|title=Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave|location=New York|publisher=for the author|chapter=6|page=50|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15398/15398-h/15398-h.htm
(RQ:London Iron Heel) in this enlightened age, we have much to blush for in the acts of our ancestors.
To become red.
(RQ:Shakespeare King John)
To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2)
To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).
{{quote-book|en|year=1863|author=Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|chapter=The Poet’s Tale: The Birds or Killingworth|title=Tales of a Wayside Inn|location=Boston|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|page=202|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25153/25153-h/25153-h.htm
{{quote-book|en|year=1969|author=Margaret Atwood|title=The Edible Woman|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|year_published=2010|chapter=8|pageurl=https://books.google.ca/books?id=xOAHnViKfVkC&printsec=frontcover
To express or make known by blushing.
(RQ:Hardy Tess)
(quote-book)|url=https://archive.org/details/liviaorburiedali00durr_0|chapter=5|page=134|publisher=Faber & Faber|year_published=1981|location=London
To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
{{quote-book|en|year=1751|author=Thomas Gray|title=Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard|location=London|publisher=R. Dodsley|page=8|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004844178.0001.000
(RQ:Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre) lanes which last night blushed full of flowers, to-day were pathless with untrodden snow;
{{quote-book|en|year=1899|author=Alice Dunbar Nelson|chapter=The Fisherman of Pass Christian|title=The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/688/688-h/688-h.htm
To glance with the eye, cast a glance.
Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.
{{quote-text|en|year=1966|publisher=United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel|title=Aviation Structural Mechanic S 3 & 2|page=219
{{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Dale Crane|title=Fast-Track Test Guides for Aviation Maintenance: Airframe|page=147
(non-gloss definition).The 1986 ''Oxford Reference Dictionary'', Appendix, cites ''(w),'' circa 1486, attributed to (w), in which “a Blusshe of boyes” appears in an extensive list of collective nouns.http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16392.0001.001
A blush of boys.
{{quote-book|en|year=1962|author=Bette Davis|title=The Lonely Life: An Autobiography,|location=New York|publisher=Putnam|chapter=3|page=46|url=https://archive.org/details/lonelylifeautobi00davi
(quote-book)|title=At Swim, Two Boys|location=London|publisher=Simon & Schuster UK|year_published=2002|page=322|url=https://openlibrary.org/ia/isbn_9780743207140
(l) (gloss)
(quote-book)