tyhjentää — meaning in English

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 make the amount of something smaller by taking part of it away.
• 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

1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

buzz — full definition

1. noun A continuous humming sound, like that of an insect or low conversation.
2. noun Excited public interest or gossip about something.
3. noun A feeling of mild excitement or intoxication.
4. verb To make a continuous humming sound.
5. verb To contact someone quickly by phone or intercom.

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