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Found 1 definition: suction.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun suction has 2 senses

1. suction(n = noun.phenomenon) - a force over an area produced by a pressure difference;
is a kind of force per unit area, pressure, pressure level
Derived forms verb suction₂, verb suction₁, adjective suctorial₁

2. 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

1. 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 sentences: Somebody ----s PP

2. suction(v = verb.body) - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"
is one way to empty, evacuate, void
Derived forms noun suction₂, noun suction₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

[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.

[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

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

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.