Flushing definition

flŭshĭng
Present participle of flush.
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(UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
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The act by which something is flushed.

We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.

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A surface formed of floating threads.
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A section of New York City in northern Queens on western Long Island. Flushing Meadows was the site of two world's fairs (1939–1940 and 1964–1965) and the temporary headquarters of the United Nations (1946–1949).
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(place) N section of Queens, New York City, on the East River.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
flushing
Plural:
flushings

Origin of flushing

  • altered < Du Vlissingen, town in the Netherlands

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Flushing Sentence Examples

  • She looked at it, flushing to think someone had taken the time to figure out her sizes.

  • Mine fires may sometimes be reached by bore-holes sunk for the purpose from the surface, and the burning workings below filled by flushing with culm and water.

  • Darcie dropped her hand, her face flushing.

  • I just want to know if … it's important, she asked, face flushing.

  • In Zeeland they connect the towns of the interior with the sea or the river mouths; for example, the one from Middelburg to Veere and Flushing (1866-1878), from Goes to the East Scheldt, and from Zierikzee also to the East Scheldt.

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