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siphon

noun
/ˈsaɪfən/

Etymology

From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.

  1. derived from σίφων
  2. derived from sīphō
  3. derived from sifon
  4. derived from siphon

Definitions

  1. A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure…

    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. A soda siphon.

  3. A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

    • As a result, although corbinas commonly utilize mollusks, they are limited to the siphons, foot, or other soft parts that either extend from the shell or can be picked from it.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.

      • He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.

    2. To transfer directly.

    3. To steal or skim off something, such as money, in small amounts

      To steal or skim off something, such as money, in small amounts; to embezzle.

      • In Juchipila power to the whole community of thirty thousand evaporated as the supraheavy grid buried alongside the little mountain cantina siphoned energy from the entire west-central portion of the Namerican national power net.
      • Attempting to “unfeel” whatever you feel is a huge drain on your energy, and that effort can siphon off the power you need to crunch your problem.

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Derived

antisiphon, jet siphon, microsiphon, prosiphon, pseudosiphon, siphonage, siphonal, siphonate, siphon condenser, siphon cup, siphoner, siphonet, siphonic, siphoniferous, siphoniform, siphonless, siphonlike, siphonostele, siphonous, siphon recorder, thermic siphon, thermosiphon, resiphon, siphonable, siphon the python, unsiphoned

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for siphon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA