Definition of "flushed" []

• Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of flush. (verb)

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• "The next year, hunting the same bottom, another bird (maybe the same one; who knows?) flushed from the very same hole."
• "Finding our way back home, chilled to the bone, our cheeks and noses flushed from the fresh air, to find a pot of hot coffee and a warm apple tart on the table."
• "His face flushed from the drug and a mad grin spread across his features."