Meaning of EMPTYING
| Pronunciation: | | 'empteeing
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of removing the contents of something |
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| | Synonyms: | | evacuation, voidance |
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| | See Also: | | drain, drainage, remotion, removal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Emp"ty*ing\, n.
1. The act of making empty. --Shak.
2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]
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| | Related Terms: | | aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cleaning out, clearance, clearing, cupping, defecation, depletion, discharging cargo, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, egress, elimination, evacuation, excretion, exhausting, exhaustion, milking, off-loading, phlebotomy, pipetting, pumping, removal, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping, unloading, venesection, venting, voidance, voiding |
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