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Flush·ing

(flŭsh′ĭng)

1. 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).

2. See Vlissingen.

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flushing

(ˈflʌʃɪŋ)

(Agriculture) an extra feeding given to ewes before mating to increase the lambing percentage

Flushing

(ˈflʌʃɪŋ)

(Placename) a port in the SW Netherlands, in Zeeland province, on Walcheren Island, at the mouth of the West Scheldt river: the first Dutch city to throw off Spanish rule (1572). Pop: 45 000 (2003 est). Dutch name: Vlissingen

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Flush•ing

(ˈflʌʃ ɪŋ)

n.

a seaport on Walcheren Island, in the SW Netherlands. 46,055.

Dutch, Vlissingen.

Translations

Flesinga

Flushing

[ˈflʌʃɪŋ] N → Flesinga m

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flushing

n (for lavatory) → (Wasser)spülung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flushing

n enrojecimiento (de la piel), rubefacción f (form), rubor m

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Flushing lived in one of the most beautiful old houses in England--Chillingley," Mrs.

Flushing. "I connect him with some of the happiest hours of my life.

Flushing on the ground that her orange plume did not suit her complexion, that she spoke too loud, that she crossed her legs, and finally, when he saw her accept a cigarette that Hewet offered her, he jumped up, exclaiming something about "bar parlours," and left them.

Flushing rose to go she was obviously delighted with her new acquaintances.

The Ambroses had not lived for many years in London without knowing something of a good many people, by name at least, and Helen remembered hearing of the Flushings. Mr.

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And Philip, easily moved by the emotion of others, very emotional himself notwithstanding a placid exterior--his face, partly by nature but also from the habit of all these years at school, seldom except by his quick flushing showed what he felt--Philip was deeply touched by what the master said.

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