Synonyms of flushing

Verb


1. blush, crimson, flush, redden, discolor, discolour, colour, color

usage: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"

2. flush, run, flow, feed, course

usage: flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"

3. flush, glow

usage: glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor"

4. flush, level, even out, even, change surface

usage: make level or straight; "level the ground"

5. flush, scour, purge, rinse, rinse off

usage: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"

6. sluice, flush, drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse

usage: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"

7. flush, water, irrigate

usage: cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"

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Definition and meaning of flushing (Dictionary)