Search Result:purging
Overview of noun purging
The noun purging has 2 senses
- purge, purging -- (an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements)
- purge, purging, purgation -- (the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge)
Overview of verb purge
The verb purge has 7 senses
- purge -- (oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime")
- purge -- (clear of a charge)
- purify, purge, sanctify -- (make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified")
- purge -- (rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind")
- flush, scour, purge -- (rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank")
- vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up -- (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night")
- purge -- (excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged")
Overview of adj purging
The adj purging has 1 sense
- purgatorial, purging, purifying -- (serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites")