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SUCTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of sucking

Synonyms:

suck; sucking; suction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("suction" is a kind of...):

consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

Derivation:

suck (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth)

suck (draw something in by or as if by a vacuum)

suck (attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.)

suction (empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction)

suction (remove or draw away by the force of suction)

suctorial (adapted for sucking or clinging by suction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A force over an area produced by a pressure difference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("suction" is a kind of...):

force per unit area; pressure; pressure level (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))

Derivation:

suction (empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction)

suction (remove or draw away by the force of suction)

suctorial (adapted for sucking or clinging by suction)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction

Example:

suction the uterus in an abortion

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "suction" is one way to...):

empty; evacuate; void (excrete or discharge from the body)

Verb group:

suction (remove or draw away by the force of suction)

Domain category:

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

suction (the act of sucking)

suction (a force over an area produced by a pressure difference)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove or draw away by the force of suction

Example:

the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Verb group:

suction (empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

suction (the act of sucking)

suction (a force over an area produced by a pressure difference)

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