'Emptying' definitions:
Definition of 'emptying'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of removing the contents of something [syn: emptying, voidance, evacuation]
Definition of 'Emptying'
From: GCIDE
- Emptying \Emp"ty*ing\, n.
- 1. The act of making empty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Emptying'
From: GCIDE
- Empty \Emp"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.] To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. [1913 Webster]
- The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. --Eccl. xi. 3. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emptying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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