Meaning of Flushing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A coastal village in Mylor parish, Cornwall, England, across the river from Falmouth (OS grid ref SW8134).
2. The town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
   dated
3. The act by which something is flushed.
   countable, uncountable
4. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
   UK, countable, uncountable
5. A township and city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
6. Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
   countable, uncountable
7. A surface formed of floating threads.
   countable, uncountable
8. A township and village therein, in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
9. A place in New Netherland, particularly, the New Amsterdam area.
10. A neighborhood of Queens, New York, New York, United States.
11. A bay of Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing Bay.
12. A river in Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing River.

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Examples

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

“An example of this was the hourly fast train⟳ from Amsterdam via Rotterdam to Eindhoven and Venlo, which used to be combined on the section from Amsterdam to Rotterdam with a stopping train⟳ to Flushing.”

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