to flush (out) a drain
1Flush toilet — A flush toilet or Water Closet (WC) is a toilet that disposes of human waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location. Flushing mechanisms are found more often on western toilets (used in the sitting position), but many… …
2flush — 1. v. & n. v. 1 intr. a blush, redden (he flushed with embarrassment). b glow with a warm colour (sky flushed pink). 2 tr. (usu. as flushed adj.) cause to glow or blush (often foll. by with : flushed with pride). 3 tr. a cleanse (a drain,… …
3flush´er — flush1 «fluhsh», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to become red suddenly; blush; glow: »Her face flushed when they laughed at her. SYNONYM(S): redden. 2. to rush suddenly; flow rapidly: »Embarrassment caused the blood to flush to her cheeks …
4Drain cleaner — A drain cleaner is a consumer product or device that unblocks sewer pipes or helps to prevent the occurrence of clogged drains; the term may also refer to the individual who performs the activity. Drain cleaners can be classified in three… …
5flush — {{11}}flush (adj.) 1550s, perfect, faultless; c.1600, abundant; plentifully supplied (with money, etc.), perhaps from FLUSH (Cf. flush) (v.) through the notion of a river running full, hence level with its banks. Meaning even, level is from 1620s …
6drain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. draw off, empty, exhaust, leak, drip, dry up. n. outlet, spout, sewer, ditch, gutter. See water, use, dryness, egress, waste, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pipe or conduit] Syn. duct, channel,… …
7flush — I n 1. blush, redness, rosiness, bloom; reddening, rubescence, rubicundity; glow, freshness, radiance, gleam, sparkle, glimmer. 2. overspreading, overflow, overflowing; inundation, flood, flooding, drenching, deluge. 3. thrill, excitement, throb …
8wash out — Synonyms and related words: achromatize, baptize, bath, bathe, blanch, bleach, bust, cashier, cast, decolor, decolorize, dim, discolor, douche, drain, drain of color, dull, etiolate, fade, fail, flummox, flunk, flunk out, flush, flush out, fume,… …
9Trench drain — A trench drain (also channel drain, line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain) is a specific type of floor drain containing a dominant through or channel shaped body. It is used for the rapid evacuation of surface water or for the… …
10purge — v 1. cleanse, clear, purify, lustrate, clean out, scour out, free from impurity; deterge, mundify, depurate. 2. eject, expel, rout out, weed out, root out, ease or freeze out, close the door on, cashier, drum out, get rid of; clear out, sweep out …
