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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

  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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