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outflushing

outflushing is the present participle and gerund of outflush.

Meaning of outflush

Verb

outflush (third-person singular simple present outflushes, present participle outflushing, simple past and past participle outflushed)

  1. (transitive) To flush out (something).
  2. (transitive) To flush or blush more brightly than (something).
    • The maiden's face was turned away; but one hand lay in her lover's; with the other she was drawing close the loose folds of her mantle; the play of colour on her cheeks outflushed the tints of autumn; and not a doomed leaf of the forest fluttered more than her young heart.1865 May – 1866 August, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, “Love in the Forest”, in Cradock Nowell. A Tale of the New Forest. […], revised edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, […]...

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Questions about outflushing

What is outflushing the present participle and gerund of?
Outflushing is the present participle and gerund of outflush.

Words near outflushing in the dictionary

  1. outflues
  2. outflung
  3. outflush
  4. outflushed
  5. outflushes
  6. outflushing
  7. outflux
  8. outfluxed
  9. outfluxes
  10. outfluxing
  11. outfly

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