is syringing
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present progressiveof syringe (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
syringenouna small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
Example Sentences
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Another preventive, which is advised in the National Rose Society's handbook as extremely efficacious, is syringing with Potassium Sulphide, Liver of Sulphur—half an ounce to a gallon of water.
From Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley
For the red spider, the chief means of control is syringing with either clear or soapy water.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey