26984 words

flushing

4 definitions • 5 examples
1
present participle of
2
When you flush, you become red in the face, especially as a result of strong emotions, heat, or alcohol:

Examples:

flush with She flushed with pleasure as she accepted the prize.
The champagne had caused his face to flush.
3
If you flush a toilet, or if a toilet flushes, its contents empty and it fills with water again:

Examples:

flush the toilet My children never flush the toilet after them.
I can't get the toilet to flush.
4
to get rid of something by putting it in the toilet and operating the toilet:

Examples:

I tend to flush old medicines down the toilet.

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