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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

flushed

English answer:

gradation of color due to being abruptly spilled from a bucket to a surface.

Added to glossary by Hassan Lotfy
Jul 17, 2011 17:44
12 yrs ago
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English term

flushed

English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Could you please provide a synonym, rephrase or explain what "flushed" means in this context.

"The victorious beauty of the rose as compared with other flowers, depends wholly on the delicacy and quantity of its colour gradations, all other flowers being either less rich in gradation, not having so many folds of leaf; or less tender, being patched and veined instead of ***flushed***."
Responses
4 gradation of color due to being abruptly spilled from a bucket to a surface.
4 +6 infused with a color like a watercolo(u)r brushstroke
4 +1 saturated
4 glowing with colour
Change log

Jul 19, 2011 08:47: Hassan Lotfy Created KOG entry

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gradation of color due to being abruptly spilled from a bucket to a surface.

fits the meaning of the essay in my opinion

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sorry colour :-)

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or less tender, being patched and veined instead of ***gradually gradated as if flushed from a color container***."
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for your lateral thinking. It's the image "spilled from a bucket onto a surface" that actually helped me translate it. "
+6
8 mins

infused with a color like a watercolo(u)r brushstroke

This is one way to describe it. not dotted or striped, for example.
Note from asker:
Thank you very much for your answer and the comments.
Peer comment(s):
agree Arabic & More : "Infused with color" describes it perfectly.
2 mins
Thanks very much, Amel.
agree Liz Dexter (was Broomfield) : That's a lovely description!
5 mins
Greetings and thanks, Liz.
agree B D Finch : Very nice. How about the (u) in color though?
21 mins
Thanks, BD. The "u" is for optional British spelling.
agree Armorel Young : my own thought was "suffused" :-)
1 hr
Thanks, Armorel. Suffused also describes in perfectly.
agree Phong Le
18 hrs
Cheers and thanks, Phong.
agree Thuy-PTT (X)
2 days 14 hrs
Thanks very much, Thuy. Have a good day.
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8 mins

glowing with colour

flush
2. To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn


Such as when the blood flushes to someone's cheeks, causing them to blush.

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Sorry, forgot the reference to the definition provided above: flush
2. To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn www.thefreedictionary.com/flush
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+1
7 hrs

saturated

While less poetic than some other proposals this single word would seem to perfectly convey the meaning, in this context.
Note from asker:
Thank you.
Peer comment(s):
agree Arabic & More
9 hrs
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