flushingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈflʌʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfləʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < flush v.² + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of flush v.² in various senses.

†a. A rushing or splashing (of water). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [noun] > of water

plashing1542

flushing1573

swashing1819

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. D d iv b His monstrous saluage lims through froth, through fome with flushing launch.

b. The cleansing (of a sewer, etc.) by a rush of water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] > clearing drain or sewer

flushing1859

flush1883

rodding1890

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action of flushing or swilling > [noun]

swillingc1000

sluicing1839

flushing1859

1859–60 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Flushing.

1884 Times (weekly ed.) 14 Nov. 12/2 The flushing of sewers is..a most important part, of the rapid removal of refuse.

c. Of a plant: The sending out of new shoots.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination

shutea1300

springinga1387

bearinga1398

germination?1440

springing1531

sprouting1547

blading1548

shoot1572

sprout1586

spring1597

putting1623

eruption1626

spindling1626

germinating1644

spearing1707

spiring1733

flushing1810

plantulation1819

germing1832

germinance1841

stooling1854

coming up1908

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 118 Our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.

1894 Times 6 Apr. 4/6 [Tea] plants exhibiting great difference in form and luxuriance of growth and flushing.

2. A sudden flowing (of blood to the face); a wave (of heat); hence, reddening, redness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with blushing

blushing1581

flushing1590

suffusion1700

flush1706

bloom1752

mantling1753

rouge1759

hectic1768

vermilion1787

smoking1862

mantle1897

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D3^v Walke about, and coole this flushing in the face.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 155 Ere yet the salt of..teares, Had left the flushing in her gauled eyes.

1677 London Gaz. No. 1180/4 A tall slender Man, with a great flushing in his face.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments i. 5 The Signs of the Functions of the Stomach being deprav'd, are..a Flushing in the Countenance [etc.].

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 11 Its approaches are marked by head-ach..flushings of heat.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 348 Local flushings caused by small doses of the poison.

3. A flush or wave (of emotion, success, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > [noun] > rising of emotion

rising (up) of one's or the heart?a1475

flushinga1680

swell1702

swelling1709

wave1851

upsurge1928

the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > sudden outburst or access of passion

heatc1200

gerec1369

accessc1384

braida1450

guerie1542

bursting1552

ruff1567

riot1575

suddentyc1575

pathaire1592

flaw1596

blaze1597

start1598

passion1599

firework1601

storm1602

estuation1605

gare1606

accession?1608

vehemency1612

boutade1614

flush1614

escapea1616

egression1651

ebullition1655

ebulliency1667

flushinga1680

ecstasy1695

gusta1704

gush1720

vehemence1741

burst1751

overboiling1767

explosion1769

outflaming1836

passion fit1842

outfly1877

Vesuvius1886

outflame1889

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > thrill of > arising from success

flush1614

flushinga1680

the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun]

eschaufingc1386

excitinga1387

excitationc1400

flustering1422

exagitation1603

upstirring1613

suscitation1646

exsuscitation1692

flushing1775

animation1817

excitement1830

piquing1855

the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun]

fosteringc1230

comfortingc1320

recomforting1487

emboldening1503

emboldishment1512

heartening1534

encouragement1550

encouraging1578

flushing1775

inspiriting1846

leaveway1913

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. ii. 163 It was not properly a Passion, which is a subitaneous Flushing.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 351. ¶15 Those transient flushings of Guilt and Joy, which the Poet represents in our first Parents upon their eating the forbidden Fruit.

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. 78 This strange mortal..was so truly elevated by the present flushings of his prosperity, that he said and did [etc.].

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

flushing cistern n.

ΚΠ

1894 Daily News 9 Oct. 5/2 To raise the capacity of flushing cisterns from two to three gallons.

flushing gate n.

flushing machine n.

ΚΠ

1856 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 16 43 Flushing Machines, for cleansing house drains and sewers.

C2.

flushing-rim n. House-plumbing ‘a hollow rim pierced with holes surrounding a basin, through which water can be turned into the basin to flush it out’ ( Cent. Dict.).

ΚΠ

1884 G. E. Waring in Cent. Mag. Dec. 263/1 The closet is supplied with water through an ordinary flushing-rim.

flushing-wheel n. = flush-wheel n. at flush n.² Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 98/2 Automatic Flushing Wheel for utilizing waste water from Baths.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flushingn.²

Brit.

/ˈflʌʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfləʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) a port in Holland.

A kind of rough and thick woollen cloth, so called from the place where it was first manufactured.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough

russeta1300

cogware1389

molton1545

forest-white1551

penistone1551

pinwhite1604

duroy1619

duffel1649

long ell1706

duffel cloth1787

flushing1812

bull's wool1850

1812 Niles' Weekly Reg. 2 9/1 The flushings or lion skins for great coats.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. x. 125 Pea jackets..made of..Flushing.

1879 Unif. Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 496/2 To be of flushing, with seven buttons..on each side.

attributive.1832 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 242 A..flushing jacket.1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. iii. 31 Wrapped up in Flushing garments [he] looked..like a bear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flushingadj.

Brit.

/ˈflʌʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfləʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < flush v.² + -ing suffix².

1. That flows quickly; rushing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > copiously or suddenly

wellingc1400

railinga1470

flushing?1548

washing1560

streaming1579

gushing1582

fluenta1592

teeming1627

?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Ddvii^v It sounded..as it hadde bene the flushynge noyse of many waters.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F4^v The swift recourse of flushing blood.

2. Exhibiting or producing a sudden glow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glowing

burningc1000

glowingc1000

flaming?a1400

rutilanta1460

glenta1529

steaminga1542

ardent1603

flaring1633

glowy1670

aflame1680

coalish1686

flushing1728

incandescent1867

smouldering1898

1728 J. Thomson Spring 6 Array'd In all the Colours of the flushing Year.

1793 R. Southey Triumph of Woman 307 No flushing fear that cheek o'erspread.

1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 163 Her tremulous breath and her flushing face.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flushing
释义	flushingn.¹ Brit. /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfləʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < flush v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of flush v.² in various senses. †a. A rushing or splashing (of water). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [noun] > of water plashing1542 flushing1573 swashing1819 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. D d iv b His monstrous saluage lims through froth, through fome with flushing launch. b. The cleansing (of a sewer, etc.) by a rush of water. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] > clearing drain or sewer flushing1859 flush1883 rodding1890 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action of flushing or swilling > [noun] swillingc1000 sluicing1839 flushing1859 1859–60 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Flushing. 1884 Times (weekly ed.) 14 Nov. 12/2 The flushing of sewers is..a most important part, of the rapid removal of refuse. c. Of a plant: The sending out of new shoots. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination shutea1300 springinga1387 bearinga1398 germination?1440 springing1531 sprouting1547 blading1548 shoot1572 sprout1586 spring1597 putting1623 eruption1626 spindling1626 germinating1644 spearing1707 spiring1733 flushing1810 plantulation1819 germing1832 germinance1841 stooling1854 coming up1908 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 118 Our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. 1894 Times 6 Apr. 4/6 [Tea] plants exhibiting great difference in form and luxuriance of growth and flushing. 2. A sudden flowing (of blood to the face); a wave (of heat); hence, reddening, redness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with blushing blushing1581 flushing1590 suffusion1700 flush1706 bloom1752 mantling1753 rouge1759 hectic1768 vermilion1787 smoking1862 mantle1897 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D3^v Walke about, and coole this flushing in the face. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 155 Ere yet the salt of..teares, Had left the flushing in her gauled eyes. View more context for this quotation 1677 London Gaz. No. 1180/4 A tall slender Man, with a great flushing in his face. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments i. 5 The Signs of the Functions of the Stomach being deprav'd, are..a Flushing in the Countenance [etc.]. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 11 Its approaches are marked by head-ach..flushings of heat. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 348 Local flushings caused by small doses of the poison. 3. A flush or wave (of emotion, success, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > [noun] > rising of emotion rising (up) of one's or the heart?a1475 flushinga1680 swell1702 swelling1709 wave1851 upsurge1928 the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > sudden outburst or access of passion heatc1200 gerec1369 accessc1384 braida1450 guerie1542 bursting1552 ruff1567 riot1575 suddentyc1575 pathaire1592 flaw1596 blaze1597 start1598 passion1599 firework1601 storm1602 estuation1605 gare1606 accession?1608 vehemency1612 boutade1614 flush1614 escapea1616 egression1651 ebullition1655 ebulliency1667 flushinga1680 ecstasy1695 gusta1704 gush1720 vehemence1741 burst1751 overboiling1767 explosion1769 outflaming1836 passion fit1842 outfly1877 Vesuvius1886 outflame1889 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > thrill of > arising from success flush1614 flushinga1680 the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun] eschaufingc1386 excitinga1387 excitationc1400 flustering1422 exagitation1603 upstirring1613 suscitation1646 exsuscitation1692 flushing1775 animation1817 excitement1830 piquing1855 the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] fosteringc1230 comfortingc1320 recomforting1487 emboldening1503 emboldishment1512 heartening1534 encouragement1550 encouraging1578 flushing1775 inspiriting1846 leaveway1913 a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. ii. 163 It was not properly a Passion, which is a subitaneous Flushing. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 351. ¶15 Those transient flushings of Guilt and Joy, which the Poet represents in our first Parents upon their eating the forbidden Fruit. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. 78 This strange mortal..was so truly elevated by the present flushings of his prosperity, that he said and did [etc.]. Compounds C1. General attributive. flushing cistern n. ΚΠ 1894 Daily News 9 Oct. 5/2 To raise the capacity of flushing cisterns from two to three gallons. flushing gate n. flushing machine n. ΚΠ 1856 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 16 43 Flushing Machines, for cleansing house drains and sewers. C2. flushing-rim n. House-plumbing ‘a hollow rim pierced with holes surrounding a basin, through which water can be turned into the basin to flush it out’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 1884 G. E. Waring in Cent. Mag. Dec. 263/1 The closet is supplied with water through an ordinary flushing-rim. flushing-wheel n. = flush-wheel n. at flush n.² Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 98/2 Automatic Flushing Wheel for utilizing waste water from Baths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flushingn.² Brit. /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfləʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) a port in Holland. A kind of rough and thick woollen cloth, so called from the place where it was first manufactured. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough russeta1300 cogware1389 molton1545 forest-white1551 penistone1551 pinwhite1604 duroy1619 duffel1649 long ell1706 duffel cloth1787 flushing1812 bull's wool1850 1812 Niles' Weekly Reg. 2 9/1 The flushings or lion skins for great coats. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. x. 125 Pea jackets..made of..Flushing. 1879 Unif. Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 496/2 To be of flushing, with seven buttons..on each side. attributive.1832 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 242 A..flushing jacket.1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. iii. 31 Wrapped up in Flushing garments [he] looked..like a bear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flushingadj. Brit. /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfləʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < flush v.² + -ing suffix². 1. That flows quickly; rushing. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > copiously or suddenly wellingc1400 railinga1470 flushing?1548 washing1560 streaming1579 gushing1582 fluenta1592 teeming1627 ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Ddvii^v It sounded..as it hadde bene the flushynge noyse of many waters. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F4^v The swift recourse of flushing blood. View more context for this quotation 2. Exhibiting or producing a sudden glow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glowing burningc1000 glowingc1000 flaming?a1400 rutilanta1460 glenta1529 steaminga1542 ardent1603 flaring1633 glowy1670 aflame1680 coalish1686 flushing1728 incandescent1867 smouldering1898 1728 J. Thomson Spring 6 Array'd In all the Colours of the flushing Year. 1793 R. Southey Triumph of Woman 307 No flushing fear that cheek o'erspread. 1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 163 Her tremulous breath and her flushing face. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈflushing ˈflushing n. a fluttering of the wings; a rustling rushing noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rustling whisping1379 rustlinga1387 flushinga1398 ruffling1440 stichling?1553 brustling1589 rustle1624 rash1671 titter1853 fidget1860 gush1866 reesle1866 frou-frou1870 silking1871 the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > flap or flutter flickeringc1440 bating1486 flushing1582 flurr1651 clapping1726 flacking1844 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. i. 1101 Fisshe..huyreþ..for he fleeþ and voydeþ flusshynge and noyse. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 628 A shuddering, a flusshing and affray He maketh thenne. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 With a suddeyn flusshing thee gulligut harpeys From mountayns flitter. extracted from flushv.¹ ˈflushing ˈflushing n. the action of the verb (sense 1); also concrete (sense 2), see quot. ΚΠ 1859–60 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Flushing..the operation of filling in the joints of brickwork or masonry with mortar. 1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving Index Flushing, threads not required in the body of the cloth, and left loose on the surface. extracted from flushv.³ ˈflushing ˈflushing n. ΚΠ 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 77 Chamfering the Joints hinders the flushing or breaking of the Edges of the Stones. extracted from flushv.⁴ < n.¹1573n.²1812adj.?1548 as lemmas
随便看	by night and day by night or day by nightertale by nightertime by nights by no case by no kin gate , wise) by no kin way(s, wise) by no kins way by no kins way wise by no kins ways by no kins ways wise by no manner by no manner of mean by no manner of means by no mean by no means by no possibility by no reason by no stretch of the imagination by no way by no ways by north by note by now

flushingn.1

Compounds

flushingn.2

flushingadj.

> as lemmas

flushingn.¹

flushingn.²