suction

The act or process of sucking.

A force that causes a fluid or solid to be drawn into an interior space or to adhere to a surface because of the difference between the external and internal pressures.

To draw away or remove by the force of suction.

To clean or evacuate (a body cavity, for example) by the force of suction.

Creating suction.

Operating or operated by suction.

The downward strain in a plow due to the depression given the share point in order to secure penetration. In a walking plow the suction is measured by the distance between the landside and a straight-edge touching the point of the share and the heel of the landside. Also suck.

The process or condition of sucking; the removal of air or gas from any interior space producing a diminution of pressure which induces an inrush of gas or liquid to restore the equilibrium.

The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.