Synonyms of decanting

decanting

verb

present participle of decant

as in draining

formal to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another

The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• draining
• pumping
• emptying
• sucking
• siphoning
• tapping
• drafting
• drawing (off)
• clearing
• cleaning
• syphoning
• bleeding
• effusing
• milking
• exhausting
• evacuating
• flushing
• vacating
• purging
• depleting
• voiding
• vacuating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• washing
• wetting
• soaking
• bathing
• watering
• drenching
• dousing
• flooding
• drowning
• overflowing
• inundating
• filling
• sousing
• dowsing
• submerging
• swamping
• deluging