purge

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
2. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
3. (transitive) To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
5. (transitive) To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
6. (transitive) To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
7. (transitive) To forcibly remove people by an organization.
8. (transitive) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
9. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
10. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
11. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
12. (transitive) To trim, dress, or prune.

Noun

1. An act or instance of purging.
2. An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
3. Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
4. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
5. An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
6. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".

Synonyms

cleanse

clean

purify

purgative

laxative

make clean

eliminate

clear

purification

scour

purgation

scavenge

cleaning

purging

absterge

sanctify

cleansing

lustrate

wipe out

combing-out

vomit

make pure

cleanup

spew

throw up

sick

🤢

upchuck

spue

cast

regurgitate

regorge

remove

be sick

rectify

retch

physic

chuck

puke

barf

defecate

flush

cathartic

honk

refine

disgorge

cleaning up

cat

😺

elimination

rid of

vomit up

Translations

purga

purge

purgar

epurazione

purgare

purger

purifier

épuration

epurare

Säuberung

purgar

schoonmaken

säubern

zuiveren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɝd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“I make pure, I cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“I make, I do”).