voiding
NounUS[voi-ding]/ˈvɔɪdɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the bodily process of discharging waste matterSynonyms: eliminationevacuationexcretionexcretingType of discharge, emissionKinds defecation, incontinence, micturition
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Void′ing noun
1. The act of one who, or that which, voids. Bp. Joseph Hall
2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment. rare Nicholas Rowe
Voiding knife, a knife used for gathering up fragments of food to put them into a voider.
Void′ing adjective
Receiving what is ejected or voided. “How in our voiding lobby hast thou stood?” William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54