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flushing

The correct spelling is flushing.

How to pronounce flushing

verb

IPA: /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/

Say it like: Flu-shi-ng

The correct spelling is flushing. To cause to take flight from concealment. For example: "The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake."

Usage Examples

The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.

A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.

Flush the injury with plenty of water.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To cause to take flight from concealment.
  2. 2.To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
  3. 3.To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
  4. 4.Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
  5. 5.To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.

noun

  1. 1.The act by which something is flushed.
  2. 2.A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
  3. 3.A surface formed of floating threads.

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