Synonyms of the word suction


SUCTIONCONSUMPTION - EMPTY - EVACUATE - INGESTION - INTAKE - PRESSURE - SUCK - SUCKING - UPTAKE - VOID

suction

  • n. The principle of physics by which matter is drawn from one space into another because the pressure inside…
  • n. The principle of physics by which one item is caused to adhere to another because the pressure in the…
  • n. The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
  • n. (dentistry) A device for removing patients saliva during dental operations, saliva ejector.
  • n. (informal) influence; "pull".
  • v. To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
  • v. To draw out the contents of a space.

consumption

  • n. The act of consuming, i.e., burning something.
  • n. The act of eating, drinking or using.
  • n. The amount consumed.
  • n. (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
  • n. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

empty

  • adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
  • adj. (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having…
  • adj. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
  • adj. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
  • adj. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
  • adj. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
  • adj. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
  • adj. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
  • adj. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
  • n. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

evacuate

  • v. To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
  • v. To cause to leave or withdraw from.
  • v. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
  • v. (figuratively) To make empty; to deprive.
  • v. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
  • v. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

ingestion

  • n. The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other…

intake

  • n. The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
  • n. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
  • n. The quantity taken in.
  • n. An act or instance of taking in.
  • n. The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
  • v. To take or draw in (in all the senses of the noun).

pressure

  • n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
  • n. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
  • n. Distress.
  • n. Urgency.
  • n. (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
  • n. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
  • v. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

suck

  • n. An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
  • n. (vulgar) Fellatio of a penis.
  • n. (Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who won't go along, especially out of spite; a crybaby…
  • n. A sycophant, especially a child.
  • v. (transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
  • v. (intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
  • v. (transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
  • v. (transitive) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
  • v. (transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb…
  • v. (transitive) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.
  • v. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To perform fellatio.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used…

sucking

  • v. present participle of suck.
  • n. An act of sucking.
  • n. A sound or motion that sucks.

uptake

  • n. understanding, comprehension.
  • n. absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
  • n. (dated) a chimney.
  • v. (archaic) To take up, to lift.

void

  • adj. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
  • adj. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
  • adj. Being without; destitute; devoid.
  • adj. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
  • adj. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
  • adj. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
  • adj. (computing, programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value.
  • n. An empty space; a vacuum.
  • n. (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
  • n. (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
  • n. (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
  • v. (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
  • v. (transitive, medicine) To empty.
  • v. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw, depart.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
  • n. (now rare, historical) A voidee.

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