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Suction

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Suction has 2 senses

Verb Suction has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Suctionn. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See Suck, v. t.].
     The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.  [1913 Webster]
Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. -- Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. -- Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump.

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).

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, venesection

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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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