aflushadj.1adv.1
/əˈflʌʃ/, U.S. /əˈfləʃ/ A. adj.1
In predicative use: flushed; blushing.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > with blushing
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aflush?1850
?1850 J. L. Michael John Cumberland ii. x. 87 Love all aflush with passion.
1864 G. H. Boker Poems of War 101 Through the wild battle's crush, With but one thought aflush, Driving their lords like chaff, In the guns' mouths they laugh.
1890 Illustr. London News 30 Aug. 267/1 His round ruddy face aflush with liquor.
a1915 S. Phillips Harold (1927) iii. i. 71 We come on him aflush with victory!
1977 J. McPhee Coming into Country i. 23 Pat Pourchet, whose philosophical abstinence from fishing has until now been consistent, is suddenly aflush with temptation.
2010 N. L. Henry Good Behavior iii. 14 So Arnold was all aflush with Jesus and the good news.
B. adv.1
In or into a flushed or blushing state.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adverb] > flushed
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adverb] > in flushed or blushing state
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1854 G. Massey Ballad Babe Christabel 3 My life was set aflush. As Roses redden when the Spring moves by.
1880 J. E. Hopkins Rose Turquand II. xix. 3 A pictured lady looking down aflush with bygone love.
2010 A. H. Gabhart Seeker v. 45 Then it didn't have naught to do with Mr. Edwin chasin' in like some storm had hit out there and then you runnin' in all aflush some minutes later.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
aflushadj.2adv.2
/əˈflʌʃ/, U.S. /əˈfləʃ/ Chiefly literary.
A. adj.2
In predicative use: flush, level.
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the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adjective] > lying in same horizontal plane
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1880 A. C. Swinburne Stud. in Song 169 The bank is abreast of her bows and aflush with the sea.
1908 E. C. Booth Cliff End i. 7 The heavy-headed corn, aflush to the cliff-edge.
B. adv.2
In or into a flush or level position.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adverb] > level or flush (with)
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1891 A. C. Swinburne in Athenæum 15 Aug. 224/2 As a tide-reconquered sea-rock lies aflush with the influent wave Lies the light aflush with darkness.
2005 Poetry Oct. 5 Billowing trenchcoats give chase Fleshcolored earpieces dangling a flush to their faces.
2008 What Papers Say (Russia) (Nexis) 9 Apr. It is possible to lay TM-72 mines from an automobile, which allows for the acceleration of their placement into the ground aflush and into snow with a disguising layer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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