Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. An act of purging.
2. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
3. A cleansing of pipes.
4. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
5. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

Verb

1. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
2. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
3. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
4. (transitive, medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
5. (transitive, medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
6. (transitive, legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
7. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
8. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
9. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.