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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Suction

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

suc=tion

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Suction has 2 senses

suction(n = noun.phenomenon) - a force over an area produced by a pressure difference;

Derived forms verb suction₂, verb suction₁, adjective suctorial₁

suction(n = noun.act) suck, sucking - the act of sucking;

is a kind of consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

Derived forms verb suck₁, verb suck₂, verb suck₃, verb suction₂, verb suction₁, adjective suctorial₁

Verb Suction has 2 senses

suction(v = verb.motion) - 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

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

suction(v = verb.body) - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"

Derived forms noun suction₂, noun suction₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Suction, n. [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.

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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

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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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ROGET 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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