EGAVE

siphon

About 0.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
  2. noun A soda siphon.
  3. noun A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
  4. verb To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
    He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
  5. verb To transfer directly.
  6. verb To steal or skim off something, such as money, in small amounts; to embezzle.

Similar words

syphon siphon off drain trap exhalent exhalant inhalent excurrent fountain rising main

Often followed by

off is and tube of the to or in

Word family

siphoned siphoning siphons syphon syphoned syphoning syphons

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