Sea lampreys attach to fish with a suction cup mouth ringed with sharp teeth.
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Suction
/ˈsʌkʃən/
Synonyms for "suction" (52 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Noun(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
Related word relations
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More general
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
More specific
16 entriesair sample suctionendotracheal suctionindustrial suctionnasogastric suctionsoil core suctionsuction biopsysuction cathetersuction cupsuction forcesuction line evacuationsuction pumpsuction wandvacuum chamber suctionvacuum pressurevacuum pumpwater sample suction
Collocations
9 entriesnegative pressurenegative pressure suctionsuction cathetersuction cupsuction devicesuction pressuresuction pumpsuction ratevacuum pump
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- засмуквам verb (process)
French
1 entries- sucer verb (process)
German
1 entries- lutschen verb (process)
Italian
1 entries- succhiare verb (process)
Persian
1 entries- مکیدن verb (process)
Portuguese
1 entries- sugar verb (process)
Spanish
2 entries- chupar verb (process)
- succionar verb (process)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This is a suction cup towel rack. Its suction cups are super strong.
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Yanni removed the suction cups.
Source: tatoeba (9970636)
Yanni started peeling the suction pad off.
Source: tatoeba (9975403)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.