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unflush

unflush verb: to lose a flush of colour.

Verb

unflush (third-person singular simple present unflushes, present participle unflushing, simple past and past participle unflushed)

  1. (intransitive) To lose a flush of colour.
    • [The old man] stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings, page 73

Forms of unflush

third-person singular presentunflushes
present participleunflushing
past participleunflushed
pastunflushed

Origin of unflush

From un- + flush.

Questions about unflush

What does unflush mean?
Unflush means to lose a flush of colour.
What part of speech is unflush?
Unflush is a verb.
What is the past tense of unflush?
The past tense of unflush is unflushed.

Words near unflush in the dictionary

  1. unflung
  2. unfluorescent
  3. unfluoridated
  4. unfluorinated
  5. unflurried
  6. unflush
  7. unflushable
  8. unflushables
  9. unflushed
  10. unflushes
  11. unflushing

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