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underflush

underflush noun: a tinge of colour showing through from beneath.

Noun

underflush (plural underflushes)

  1. A tinge of colour showing through from beneath.
    • Honey-coloured all over, with an underflush of vermilion at the cheeks and lips.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 50

Forms of underflush

pluralunderflushes

Origin of underflush

From under + flush.

Questions about underflush

What does underflush mean?
Underflush means a tinge of colour showing through from beneath.
What part of speech is underflush?
Underflush is a noun.
What is the plural of underflush?
The plural of underflush is underflushes.

Words near underflush in the dictionary

  1. underfloors
  2. underflow
  3. underflowed
  4. underflowing
  5. underflows
  6. underflush
  7. underflushes
  8. underfocus
  9. underfocused
  10. underfogged
  11. underfolded

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