1 (blush) there was a slight flush on his cheeks tenía las mejillas un poco coloradas; she felt a faint flush of colour rising in her face notó que se le dibujaba cierto rubor en el rostro; the pink flush of dawn spread across the sky (literary) el arrebol del alba se extendía por el cielo; (literary)
2 (glow) [of beauty, health] resplandor; (m) his words brought a flush of beauty to her cheeks
3 (surge) [of anger, excitement] arrebato; (m) she felt a flush of excitement on hearing this al oír esto sintió un arrebato de emoción
he felt a flush of anger when he remembered what had happened
in the first flush of youth en la flor de la juventud
when I met Marianne we were both still in the first flush of youth
in the (first) flush of victory con la euforia del triunfo
in the flush of victory at the end of WW2...
4 to have hot flushes (Med) tener sofocos