| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To vacate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To disperse.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb evacuate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (evacuate) | 1. Move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated".[Wordnet]. 2. Empty completely; "evacuate the bottle".[Wordnet]. 3. Move people from their homes or country.[Wordnet]. 4. Create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel).[Wordnet]. 5. Excrete or discharge from the body.[Wordnet]. 6. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.[Websters]. 7. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.[Websters]. 8. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.[Websters]. 9. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.[Websters]. 10. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.[Websters]. 11. To let blood.[Websters]. 12. Base verb from the following inflections: evacuating, evacuated, evacuates, evacuator, evacuators, evacuatingly and evacuatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EVACUATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1757. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EVACUATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Emptying; making void or vacant; withdrawing from.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of evacuate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
