suction

CEFRB2

/ˈsʌkʃən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The force that pulls something in by creating lower air pressure.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.

Examples

  • Sea lampreys attach to fish with a suction cup mouth ringed with sharp teeth.

  • This is a suction cup towel rack. Its suction cups are super strong.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.

  2. 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.

  3. A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.

More examples

In context

  • Yanni was carefully peeling the suction pad off.

  • He's got some kind of suction with the Mayor's office.

  • The first-named group — the insects that live by suction — include the scale insects, aphides, and sucking bugs[…]

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The pump creates strong blank to pull the water out of the pipe.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Latin sūctiō, attested since Late Latin and derived from sūgō (“to suck”). Attested in English since the early 17th century.