Word Finder - flushing

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To cause to take flight from concealment.

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The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.

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To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

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A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.

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To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.

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Flush the injury with plenty of water.

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Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.

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To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.

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The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.

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To cause to blush.

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To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.

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to flush the meadows

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To excite, inflame.

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(of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.

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There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.

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To clear (a buffer) of its contents.

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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.

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Blood flushes into the face.

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To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

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To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.

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To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.

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To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.

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To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet

Darcie dropped her hand, her face flushing.

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.

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.

The principal shipbuilding yards are at Amsterdam, Kinderdijk, Rotterdam and at Flushing, where there is a government dockyard for building warships.

Elizabeth was alarmed by the successes of the Spanish arms, and especially by the fall of Antwerp; and, though refusing the sovereignty, she agreed to send a force of s000 foot and I 000 horse to the aid of the Provinces under the command of the earl of Leicester, her expenses being - guaranteed by the handing over to her the towns of Flushing, Brill and Rammekens as pledges (loth of August 1585).

Of the two channels named, the southern, which reaches the sea at Flushing, is the more important and is used for ocean commerce.

Later in the same year William Wickenden of Providence evangelized and administered the ordinances at Flushing, but was heavily fined and banished.

The capture of Brill and of Flushing in 1572 by the Sea- William Beggars led to the submission of the greater part of of Orange Holland and Zeeland to the authority of the prince Stad- of Orange, who, as stadholder, summoned the states holder.

He was educated at Bellevue Seminary, an institution conducted by his father, the Rev. William Henry Gilder (1812-1864), in Flushing, Long Island.

She stepped into the room, her face flushing at the knowledge that she had become an unnecessary burden.

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

I'm going to try flushing my system and using new coolant, as well as getting all the dust out.

Niacin intake above 100mg daily may cause a temporary flushing sensation.

Adverse events included nausea, headache, gastrointestinal pain, flushing, dyspepsia, asthenia, loss of appetite, vomiting and hot flushes.

These include flushing, stunting syndrome, feed refusal syndrome, poult growth depression and poult enteritis complex.

They may also cause you to feel dizzy or faint or cause facial flushing.

At their worst they are still trying to kill foxes perhaps by flushing to guns or by using a bird of prey.

The only side effect of treatment has been transient flushing during the bolus infusion.

Examples might be flushing the loo, or dropping some heavy object on the floor.

Commonly reported adverse effects include headache, flushing, nausea, dizziness and peripheral edema.

Symptoms caused by niacin supplements, such as flushing, have been reduced with sustained-release (also called " time-release ") niacin products.

The garden also harvests rainwater, which is used for flushing the building's toilets.

A larger tank in a relatively rainy area could meet the needs of WC flushing, washing-machine and other uses?

Occlusions are usually remedied by flushing the tube with tap water; kinking may need readjustment of the tubing.

The university uses the equivalent of a small reservoir of water each year; 20 million liters alone are used simply for flushing urinals.

Flushing, the port of Zeeland, which commanded the approach to Antwerp; and the inhabitants were compelled to take the oath to the prince of Orange, as stadtholder of the king.

Oh, what a pig I am! he repeated, flushing suddenly.

Rostov, flushing, drew Dolokhov into the next room.

Natasha is with him, answered Sonya, flushing.

I send them away and take a weceipt for them, shouted Denisov, suddenly flushing.

This is achieved by flushing the desiccant bed with a flow of purge air which may or may not be heated.

A rainwater harvesting system to provide toilet flushing for a 3 or 4 bedroom house is likely to cost at least £ 2,000.

The garden also harvests rainwater, which is used for flushing the building 's toilets.

We also manufacture market-leading plastic flushing siphons, flushing and inlet valves, in-wall frames and supports, spares and accessories.

If she isn't afraid of a flushing toilet, you can dump the contents of the potty into the toilet while she watches, and let her flush it.

If she is afraid, however, wait until she leaves the bathroom before flushing.

One-and-two-piece toilets, various bowls and seats are deciding factors, as well as different types of tanks and flushing systems.

Meant to conserve water, the newer ones still get the same flushing success as with the older models.

However, the perk to this type of flushing system is you're less likely to get clogs.

They only use water weight and gravity for flushing as opposed to air pressure.

Cleaning flushable litter is a simple matter of scooping out the waste and flushing it down the toilet.

Stop using toilets as wastebaskets - Frequent flushing to get rid of soiled facial tissues or cigarette butts is a waste of water.

And, those flushing toilets require a great deal of support down the line to handle the disposal of the waste contaminated water, either a sewage system or a septic tank must be in place.

After our system puts the greywater through the filtration and disinfection processes, it can safely be used for flushing toilets and for irrigation systems.

If you don't take care of your pet you won't get a knock on your door from the local animal shelter, and the chances of you flushing your computer down the toilet are small.

When combined with alcohol, it produces unpleasant side effects, such as flushing, throbbing headache, nausea, and vomiting.

Should flushing waste not be an option for you, consider an "in-ground" dog septic system that is widely available today.

Each flower is large, opening wide and flat, with sometimes a pale flushing towards the edge of the petals.