suction

Plural: suctions

Noun

• The act or process of drawing in by creating a partial vacuum.
• a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
• the act of sucking
• A force which pushes matter from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first.
• A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.
• The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
• A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
• influence; "pull".

Verb

• remove or draw away by the force of suction
  • "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"
• empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
  • "suction the uterus in an abortion"
• To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
• To draw out the contents of a space.

Examples

• The ’SUCTION’ effect of a high-scoring word can draw other plays toward it.

Synonyms

suck, sucking

Antonyms

unsuction