Found 3 items, similar to purge.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: purge pembersihan, penyingkiran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: purge purge n 1: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge [syn: purging, purgation] 2: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements [syn: purging] v 1: oust politically; “Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime” [ant: rehabilitate] 2: clear of a charge 3: make pure or free from sin or guilt; “he left the monastery purified” [syn: purify, sanctify] 4: rid of impurities; “purge the water”; “purge your mind” 5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; “flush the wound with antibiotics”; “purge the old gas tank” [syn: flush, scour] 6: 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” [syn: vomit, vomit up, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] 7: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); “The doctor decided that the patient must be purged”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Purge Purge \Purge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purged; p. pr. & vb. n. Purging.] [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See Pure, and Agent.] 1. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. “Till fire purge all things new.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner. [1913 Webster] 3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors. [1913 Webster] 4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. [1913 Webster] 5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. [1913 Webster] When that he hath purged you from sin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps. li. 7. [1913 Webster] 6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal. [1913 Webster] 7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away. [1913 Webster] Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. --Ps. lxxix. 9. [1913 Webster] We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Purge \Purge\, v. i. 1. To become pure, as by clarification. [1913 Webster] 2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. [1913 Webster] Purge \Purge\, n. [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.] 1. The act of purging. [1913 Webster] The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]