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Definition: Purging |
PurgingAdjective1. Serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites". Noun1. An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other other undesired elements. 2. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "purging" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Machine for removing lumps, thicker parts, etc. from raw silk yarn. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | In list-processing computer languages:removal of irrelevant digital information. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Removing stagnant air or water from sampling zone or equipment prior to sample collection. (references) |
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Synonyms: PurgingSynonyms: purgatorial (adj), purifying (adj), purgation (n), purge (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Purging |
| English words defined with "purging": abreaction, Abstersion, Abstersive, aperient ♦ catharsis, cathartic, Cholera morbus ♦ Emeto-cathartic ♦ Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili ♦ Joseph Stalin ♦ katharsis ♦ physic, psychotherapeutic, purgative, purification ♦ releasing ♦ Spurging, Stalin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "purging": Bone Marrow Purging ♦ Immunomagnetic Separation ♦ THOROUGH GO NIMBLE. (references) |
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 | Naughty, naughty, Bob, Papa must do the purging!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A Visit to the West Indies--the manufacture of sugar--III. In the purging house--cutting and crushing the sugar. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Men think they are purging the city, they are emaciating the population |
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Health | Purging, fasting, and overexercising are dangerous ways to try to control your weight. (references) | |
Persons with bulimia nervosa, however, usually purge, fast, or do strenuous exercise after they binge eat. Purging means vomiting or using a lot of diuretics (water pills) or laxatives to keep from gaining weight. (references) | ||
Economic History | Zimbabwe | During the first few years of independence, ethnic-based strife between the two major political parties (ZANU and ZAPU) resulted in the deaths and arrests of thousands of Ndebeles in the western regions of the country with much of the violence in Matabeleland carried out by the North Korean-trained "fifth brigade" in a so-called purging exercise known as the "Gukurahundi". (references) |
Korea | The reforms aim at increasing transparency and investor confidence, and generally purging the sector of moral hazard, that is, the assumption that government would make good all losses and not permit large companies to fail. (references) | |
Political Economy | Zambia | The intensity of the opposition to the third term within the MMD resulted in both a purging of members and a subsequent statement by the president that he did not intend to pursue the third term. (references) |
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| "Purging" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Purging" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 66.67% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (singular) | 28.21% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 39 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "purging". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Baara | N/A | Biblical | Purging |
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Expressions using "purging": Bone Marrow Purging ♦ purging cassia ♦ purging flax ♦ specialised purging system. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
purging | 42 |
purging compound | 15 |
purging tip | 10 |
binging and purging | 9 |
nitrogen purging | 5 |
crawfish purging | 4 |
cache dns purging resolver | 3 |
air conditioning line purging | 2 |
binging nj purging treatment | 2 |
binging jersey new purging treatment | 2 |
purging bulimia | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "purging"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | تليين البطن, تطهير (cleaning, cleansing, decontamination, purgation, purge, purification, sanitation, sterilization). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | очистване (ablution, ablutions, abstersion, cleaning, cleansing, depuration, purge, purification, removal, trimming). (various references) | |
Chinese | 清洗 (Cleaned, Purged). (various references) | |
Danish | sletning af irrelevante data (garbage collection, removal of digital garbage, shuffling), renschaspe. (various references) | |
Dutch | opruimen (arrange, put in order, tidy), draadreiniger. (various references) | |
Finnish | puhdistus (cleaning, cleansing, purge, purification), jäännöstiedon poisto (garbage collection, removal of digital garbage, shuffling). (various references) | |
French | purgeuse, purge (purgation, purge), purgation (purgation), regroupement de la place en mémoire, récupération de place en mémoire, nettoyage, criblage, collection des déchets, balayage, évacuation des déchets numériques. (various references) | |
German | reinigend (cathartic, cleaning, cleansing, defecating, detergent, detergently, purificatory, purifying, scavenging, scouring), löschende, abführende. (various references) | |
Greek | ξεκαθάρισμα (clear out), μηχανή αποκαθαρισμού, εκκαθάριση (clean up, clearing, liquidation, refinement), απομάκρυνση ψηφιακών αχρήστων (garbage collection, removal of digital garbage, shuffling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tisztítás (brushing, clarification, cleaning, defecation, elutriation, flush, purgation, purge, purification, purifying, refinement, scaling, scour, scrubbing, settling). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penyucian (catharsis, cleansing, gushing, purgation, purification, sanctification), penghapusan (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, cancel, erasion, erasure), pembersihan (cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, clearance, mopping up, purgation, purge, purification, riddance). (various references) | |
Italian | purificazione (purgation, purification), purgatrice, purga (laxative, purgation, purge). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 郭清 (cleaning up, purification), "清 (cleaning up, purification). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かくせい (awake, awakening, cleaning up, disillusion, previous age, purification, waking up). (various references) | |
Korean | 깨끗이 함. (various references) | |
Manx | scooiragh (aperient, purgative). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urgingpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | recuperação das posições inutilizadas (garbage collection, removal of digital garbage, shuffling), máquina para eliminar as saliências dos filamentos. (various references) | |
Russian | очищать очистка (sanitize, scour, scrubbing). (various references) | |
Spanish | purgar (clear, drain, purge, scour, vent), purgador (purgecock, purger), recuperación de espacio inutilizado (garbage collection, removal of digital garbage, shuffling). (various references) | |
Swedish | lumpsamling (garbage collection, removal of digital garbage, shuffling). (various references) | |
Welsh | glanhaol (cleansing). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | katharsis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti ouk eisporeuetai autou eiV thn kardian all eiV thn koilian kai eiV ton afedrwna ekporeuetai kaqarizon panta ta brwmata |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quia non introit in cor eius sed in ventrem et in secessum exit purgans omnes escas |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | For þan hit ne gæð on his heorten.ac on his innoð. & on forðgang ge-witeð ealle metas clænsiende. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For it hath not entrid in to his herte, but in to the wombe, and bynethe it goith out, purgynge alle metis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Because it entrith not in to his hert but into ye belly: and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all kinds of food. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 19 |
| Croatian | jer mu ne ulazi u srce, nego u utrobu te izlazi u zahod?" Tako on oèisti sva jela. |
| Danish | Thi det går ikke ind i hans Hjerte men i hans Bug og går ud ad den naturlige Vej, og således renses al Maden." |
| Dutch | Want het gaat niet in zijn hart, maar in den buik, en gaat in de heimelijkheid uit, reinigende al de spijzen. |
| Finnish | Sillä se ei mene hänen sydämeensä, vaan vatsaan, ja ulostuu." Näin hän sanoi kaikki ruuat puhtaiksi. |
| French | Car cela n`entre pas dans son coeur, mais dans son ventre, puis s`en va dans les lieux secrets, qui purifient tous les aliments. |
| German | Denn es geht nicht in sein Herz, sondern in den Bauch, und geht aus durch den natürlichen Gang, der alle Speise ausfegt. |
| Hungarian | Mert nem a szívébe megy be, hanem a gyomrába; és az árnyékszékbe kerül, a mely minden eledelt megtisztít. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab yang masuk itu tidak lewat hati, tetapi lewat perut, dan kemudian keluar lagi." Dengan kata-kata itu Yesus menyatakan bahwa semua makanan halal. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena itu bukannya masuk ke dalam hati, melainkan ke dalam perut, lalu keluar ke dalam jamban, dengan demikianlah membersihkan segala makanan itu?" |
| Italian | perché non gli entra nel cuore ma nel ventre e va a finire nella fogna?». Dichiarava così mondi tutti gli alimenti. |
| Maori | No te mea e kore e tapoko ki tona ngakau, engari ki te kopu a puta ana ki te poka? He korero tenei nana kia kiia ai he ma nga kai katoa. |
| Norwegian | Det kommer jo ikke inn i hans hjerte, mere bare i hans buk, og går ut den naturlige vei, hvorved all mat blir renset. |
| Portuguese | porque não lhe entra no coração, mas no ventre, e é lançado fora? Assim declarou puros todos os alimentos. |
| Rumanian | Fiindcq nu intrq kn inima lui, ci kn pkntece, wi apoi este dat afarq kn hazna?`` A zis astfel, fqcknd toate bucatele curate. |
| Shuar | Antsu wakenam Wayá, nankaamas menkaatsuk" Tímiayi. Nuna taku, Ashí yurumak Páchitsuk yuamniaiti, Tímiayi. |
| Swedish | eftersom det icke går in i hennes hjärta, utan ned i buken, och har sin naturliga utgång?" Härmed förklarade han all mat för ren. |
| Uma | Apa' pongkoni' toe, uma mesua' hi rala nono-ta. Mesua' hi ta'i-ta-wadi, pai' ngkai ree kaliliu tatadi." Hante lolita-na toe, Yesus mpakanoto ka'uma-na ria pongkoni' to rapalii'. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "purging": purgings. (additional references) | |
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"Purging" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parging, porging, pugging, Pugni, purgings, Purvine, Purygin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "purging" (pronounced per"jing) |
| 4 | -er" j i ng | converging, diverging, emerging, merging, resurging, splurging, surging, urging, verging. |
| 3 | -j i ng | arbitraging, acknowledging, aging, alleging, arranging, avenging, averaging, besieging, bridging, bulging, challenging, changing, charging, cringing, damaging, discharging, discouraging, disengaging, dislodging, disparaging, divulging, dodging, dredging, edging, encouraging, engaging, enlarging, enraging, exchanging, fledging, foraging, forging, fudging, gauging, gouging, grudging, hedging, hemorrhaging, imaging, indulging, infringing, judging, leveraging, lodging, lounging, lunging, managing, messaging, micromanaging, mischarging, mismanaging, mortgaging, nudging, obliging, outraging, overcharging, packaging, paging, pillaging, pledging, plunging, presaging, raging, rampaging, ranging, ravaging, rearranging, recharging, repackaging, rummaging, salvaging, savaging, scavenging, scrounging, shortchanging, staging, trudging, unchanging, waging. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-i-n-p-r-u" | |
-1 letter: urging. | |
-2 letters: purin, ruing, unrig, unrip. | |
-3 letters: girn, grig, grin, grip, ping, pirn, prig, pung, puri, ring, ruin, rung. | |
-4 letters: gig, gin, gip, gnu, gun, nip, pig, pin, piu, pug, pun, pur, rig, rin, rip, rug, run, urn. | |
-5 letters: in, nu, pi, un, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-i-n-p-r-u" | |
+1 letter: grouping, grumping, purgings. | |
+2 letters: groupings, repugning, splurging, upgirding, upgrading, upgrowing, upsurging. | |
+3 letters: prejudging, prologuing, promulging, proroguing, regrouping, replunging, upbringing, uprighting. | |
+4 letters: expurgating, prefiguring, spurgalling, upbringings, upgathering, upspringing. | |
+5 letters: autographing, prologuizing, promulgating. | |
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