v. t. | 1. | To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. |
2. | (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner. | |
3. | To clarify; to defecate, as liquors. | |
4. | To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. | |
5. | To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; | |
6. | (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal. | |
7. | To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; - often followed by away. | |
v. i. | 1. | To become pure, as by clarification. |
2. | To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. | |
n. | 1. | The act of purging. |
2. | That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. |
Noun | 1. | purge - the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge |
2. | purge - an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements Synonyms: purging | |
Verb | 1. | purge - oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" Antonyms: rehabilitate - reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" |
2. | purge - clear of a charge | |
3. | purge - make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" | |
4. | purge - rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind" | |
5. | purge - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" | |
6. | purge - 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" | |
7. | purge - excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" |