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Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : suhk-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌk ʃən

Definition of suction

Origin : 1620s, from Late Latin suctionem (nominative suctio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin sugere "to suck" (see suck).

As in leverage : noun influence
As in absorption : noun assimilation, incorporation
As in traction : noun physical resistance, friction
As in sucking : noun removal of liquid
As in suck : verb extract

Example sentences :

A series of suction cups or sucking pads were at the end of each tentacle.
Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel

Even the slain deer was already beginning to yield to the suction from beneath.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

What must have been holding the suction cap against the inside of the jar?
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

The water may be drawn out by means of suction through a reed.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

I could see a respirator off to my right, and a suction octopus near it.
Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker

Do you know the suction of clay—the weight of adhering clay to a shovel?
Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort

A mullet of Guiana, found in turbid waters, where it lives by suction.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Then it occurred to Cheenbuk to apply the power of suction instead of inhalation.
Extract from : « The Walrus Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne

Soames noted a hollow in each cheek, made as it were by suction.
Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy

I perceive it was suction, a primitive idea, when spoons were not.
Extract from : « Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia » by Thomas Forester

Synonyms for suction

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