Helen Fenton

Blushing: Definition and part of speech

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Blushing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Blush
  2. a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blush: Definition and part of speech

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Blush

  1. n. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.
  2. v. i. 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.
  3. v. i. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
  4. v. i. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.
  5. v. t. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
  6. v. t. To express or make known by blushing.
  7. n. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bluets: Definition and part of speech

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Bluets

  1. a. A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bluff: Definition and part of speech

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Bluff

  1. n. A game at cards; poker.
  2. a. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
  3. a. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
  4. a. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
  5. a. Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.
  6. n. A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
  7. n. An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.