tyhjentää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
- buzz noun A continuous humming sound, like that of an insect or low conversation.
- deflate verb To let air or gas out of something.
- deplete verb To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
- drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
- empty adj Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
- evacuate verb To leave a dangerous place, or move people out of one, for their safety.
- exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
- flush verb To clean by flooding with water, especially a toilet.
- rout noun A crushing, disorganized defeat.
- void adjective Completely empty; containing nothing.
- wipe verb To rub something over a surface in order to clean it or remove a substance.
Senses
tyhjentää is used for these senses in English:
- blank (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- buzz (archaic, transitive) To drink to the bottom.
- deflate (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- deplete (ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
- drain (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- empty (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.
- exhaust (transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
- exhaust (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
blank — full definition
- adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
- adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
- noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
- verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
- verb To deliberately ignore someone.
buzz — full definition
- noun A continuous humming sound, like that of an insect or low conversation.
- noun Excited public interest or gossip about something.
- noun A feeling of mild excitement or intoxication.
- verb To make a continuous humming sound.
- verb To contact someone quickly by phone or intercom.