Thesaurus: suction

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1. v. t. The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
2. n. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
3. n. the act of sucking
4. v. remove or draw away by the force of suction
5. v. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
6. The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. 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.
7. The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids,by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump intowhich the suction pipe delivers.-- Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and inductionvalve, of a pump, respectively.-- Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised intothe barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump.
8. v:12/n:88 n. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference v. remove or draw away by the force of suction v. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction