Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flushed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flushing}.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz
   a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash;
   perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.]
   1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes
      into the face.

            The flushing noise of many waters.    --Boyle.

            It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.

   2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red;
      to blush.

   3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

            In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.

   4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

            Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.

Source : WordNet®

flushed
     adj 1: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: {rose-cheeked}, {rosy},
             {rosy-cheeked}]
     2: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
        with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
        "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes";
        "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with
        embarrassment" [syn: {crimson}, {red}, {reddened}, {red-faced}]