douching
present participle ofdouche
douche
verb[IorT]
uk/duːʃ/us/duːʃ/to put aliquid, usuallywater, into thevaginainordertowashit ortreatitmedically
Personal care - general words
- ablution
- amenity kit
- baby wipe
- beach body
- beardy
- bed bath
- douche
- facecloth
- fat-shame
- fat-shaming
- flossing
- grooming
- hand gel
- handwash
- retrosexual
- scrub
- scrub up
- scrub up wellidiom
- toilet
- windswept
Examplesofdouching
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The timing ordouchingapproaches are only a small part of the research efforts being made around the world.
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Half of the women mentioned having difficultydouchingbefore having intercourse.
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Sizeable proportions mentioned unproven or ineffective methods (douching20%; spermicides 16%), three respondents (3%) mentioned sitting in hot water, and two respondents each (2%) mentioned saccharine and medroxyprogesterone.
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Next in difficulty was thedouching.
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A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douchinga bag for holding the fluid used indouching.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ingesting ordouchingwith harmful substances can have poisonous results.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Post-coitaldouchingwas often recommended in conjunction with its use.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For these reasons, the practice ofdouchingis now strongly discouraged except when ordered by a physician for specific medical reasons.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the past,douchingwas also used after intercourse as a method of birth control, though it is not effective (see below).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Douchinghas been touted as having a number of supposed but unproven benefits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Douchingmay be related to a lower probability that a woman becomes pregnant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Doctors generally discourage the practice ofdouching.
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