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Flush·ing (fl

ng)

1. A section of New York City in northern Queens on western Long Island. Flushing Meadow 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.

flushing [ˈflʌʃɪŋ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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.: 43 945 (latest est.) Dutch name Vlissingen

Translations

Flushing [ˈflʌʃɪŋ] N → Flesinga m

flushing

n (for lavatory) → (Wasser)spülung f

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