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suction
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun suction has 2 senses
- suction(n = noun.phenomenon) Array - a force over an area produced by a pressure difference; Array is a kind of force per unit area, pressure, pressure level
- suction(n = noun.act) suck, sucking - the act of sucking; Array is a kind of consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
Derived forms verb suction2, verb suction1, adjective suctorial1
Derived forms verb suck1, verb suck2, verb suck3, verb suction2, verb suction1, adjective suctorial1
Verb suction has 2 senses
- suction(v = verb.motion) Array - remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs" Derived forms noun suction2, noun suction1
- suction(v = verb.body) Array - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion" is one way to empty, evacuate, void
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Derived forms noun suction2, noun suction1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
suction, n.
1 the act or an instance of sucking.
2 a the production of a partial vacuum by the removal of air etc. in order to force in liquid etc. or procure adhesion. b the force produced by this process (suction keeps the lid on).
1 the act or an instance of sucking.
2 a the production of a partial vacuum by the removal of air etc. in order to force in liquid etc. or procure adhesion. b the force produced by this process (suction keeps the lid on).
Idiom
suction-pump a pump for drawing liquid through a pipe into a chamber emptied by a piston.
Etymology
LL suctio f. L sugere suct- SUCK
THESAURUS
suction
aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cupping, drafting, drag, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, favor, inhalation, inhalement, inside track, inspiration, interest, milking, phlebotomy, pipetting, pull, pumping, siphoning, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuffle, special favor, suck, sucking, tapping, venesectionROGET THESAURUS
suction
Reception
N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.
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