va. fig.

to press, to squeeze, to extract, to wring;
to strain, to filter;
to drain, to cause to flow;
to exhaust, to drain, to use up, to empty;
— զբաժակ, to swallow up, to drain, the cup;
— զբաժակ մինչեւ ցմրուր, to drink the cup to the dregs, to swallow the pill;
— զամենայն մրուրս դառնութեան, բաղդին, to drain or exhaust the rigours of fate;
յինքն —, to suck, to imbibe, to draw in;
արտասուք յաչաց նորա քամէին, he wept bitterly;
հողմով —, to winnow.