EMPTYING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emptying mean? 

• EMPTYING (noun)
  The noun EMPTYING has 1 sense:

1. the act of removing the contents of something

  Familiarity information: EMPTYING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPTYING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of removing the contents of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

emptying; evacuation; voidance

Hypernyms ("emptying" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emptying"):

drain; drainage (emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it)

Derivation:

empty (make void or empty of contents)

empty (remove)

 Context examples 

On emptying this, Miss Cushing was horrified to find two human ears, apparently quite freshly severed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By mimicking amylin, davalintide, which has a half-life similar to amylin, slows gastric emptying, inhibits digestive secretions (gastric acid, pancreatic enzymes, and bile), reduces glucagon secretion, and increases satiety.

(Davalintide, NCI Thesaurus)

This prolongs incretin activity, increases postprandial insulin release, decreases glucagon release, delays gastric emptying and lowers blood glucose levels.

(Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Paralysis of the muscles of the stomach wall resulting in delayed emptying of the gastric contents into the small intestine.

(Gastroparesis, NCI Thesaurus)

This enhances the response of the gastrointestinal smooth muscle to cholinergic stimulation, thereby leading to an increase of gastric emptying into the intestines.

(Metoclopramide, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include fever and chills, body aches, pain in the lower back and genital area, a burning feeling during urination, and problems with emptying the bladder all the way.

(Acute bacterial prostatitis, NCI Dictionary)

Symptoms include body aches, pain in the lower back and genital area, a burning feeling during urination, and problems with emptying the bladder all the way.

(Chronic bacterial prostatitis, NCI Dictionary)

He glanced up at the quiet stars, at the same time emptying his lungs of air.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Increased Ach concentrations lead to an improvement of gastric emptying and GI motility and eventually to a reduction of dyspepsia symptoms.

(Acotiamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Summerlee was weaponless, but I was emptying my magazine as quick as I could fire, and on the further flank we heard the continuous cracking of our companion's rifles.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)