Overview of noun purging

The noun purging has 2 senses

• purge, purging -- (an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements)


• purge, purging, purgation -- (the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge)

Overview of verb purge

The verb purge has 7 senses

• purge -- (oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime")


• purge -- (clear of a charge)


• purify, purge, sanctify -- (make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified")


• purge -- (rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind")


• flush, scour, purge -- (rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank")


• vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up -- (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night")


• purge -- (excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged")

Overview of adj purging

The adj purging has 1 sense

• purgatorial, purging, purifying -- (serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites")