cheek
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noun1 part of the faceADJECTIVE▪ flushed, hot, warm▪ cool▪ smooth, soft▪ ashen, pale, pallid▪ blushing, crimson, pink, red, rosy▪ hollow, sunken▪
His red-rimmed eyes and sunken cheeks betrayed his lack of sleep.
▪ chipmunk (AmE), chubby, plump, puffy (AmE)▪ unshaven▪ bruised▪ tear-stained, wet▪Her cheeks were wet with tears.
VERB + CHEEK▪ brush, caress, dab, dab at, pat, rub, stroke, touch▪She dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief.
▪ kiss, peck▪ give (sb)▪She proffered her cheek to kiss.
▪ press, rest▪He rested his cheek on her shoulder.
CHEEK + VERB▪ blaze, blush, burn, flame, flush, grow hot, redden, warm▪He felt his cheeks burning with shame.
PREPOSITION▪ across sb's/the cheek▪She gave him a sharp slap across his cheek.
▪ against sb's cheek▪She laid her cheek against his.
▪ down sb's cheek▪A tear slid down her cheek.
▪ in sb's cheeks▪She had a healthy bloom in her cheeks.
▪ on sb's/the cheek▪He kissed her on both cheeks and got on the train.
PHRASES▪ bring the colour/color (back) to sb's cheeks▪ color floods (to) your cheeks (AmE), the colour/color rises to your cheeks, the colour/color rushes to your cheeks▪Colour/Color flooded to her cheeks when she realized she was being watched.
▪She smiled at him and the colour/color rose to his cheeks.
▪ a kiss on the cheek, a peck on the cheek▪She gave him a peck on the cheek and said goodbye.
2 (BrE) lack of respectADJECTIVE▪ awful, barefaced, colossal▪It's an awful cheek, the way he keeps asking you to lend him money.
VERB + CHEEK▪ have▪He's got a cheek, making you wait outside his office.
PHRASES▪ of all the cheek!, what a cheek!▪He asked you for money? Of all the cheek!
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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