how to pronounce blush

/blʌʃ/

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blush is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of blush in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… know you start singing in the blush and …”

meaning of blush

Blush means to turn red in the face, to be embarrassed.

blush frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word blush occurs in english on average 8.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics blush can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that blush can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;