suction

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
suctorial
• Hypernyms:
pressure, pressure level, force per unit area
2. the act of sucking
• Syn:
sucking, suck
• Derivationally related forms:
suctorial, suck, suck (for: suck), suck (for: sucking)
• Hypernyms:
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

II - verb

1. remove or draw away by the force of suction
- the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
- suction the uterus in an abortion
• Topics:
operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
• Hypernyms:
evacuate, void, empty
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sucking, suck