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Meanings of siphon in anglès

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sifon

Device that allows the transfer of liquid through a tube via hydrostatic pressure.

        sifó

        Convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon.

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              Examples for "syphon"
              Examples for "syphon"
              1
              His eye fell on a tray bearing a decanter and a syphon.
              Mike
              2
              She carried also syphon-pumps capable of raising any vessel that might sink.
              The Gulf and Inland Waters / The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3...
              3
              The syphon, beneath Eliot's sudden pressure, squirted out a torrent of soda.
              The Vision of Desire
              4
              There's quite a few gangs try to syphon our software fleks.
              The Naked God
              5
              He held the soda-water syphon in his hand, as though measuring its contents.
              The Lost Ambassador; Or, The Search For The Missing Delora
              Usage of siphon in anglès
              1
              Now that Everett didn't need to restrain Harlan, he could help siphon.
              The devil's alphabet
              2
              Once the siphon suction pumps are in place, road usage will resume.
              The South African
              3
              The whole apparatus fills with water until the siphon begins to act.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
              4
              The mirror galvanometer is now almost entirely superseded by the siphon recorder.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
              5
              BP is trying to siphon more oil from the blown-out deep-sea well.
              Reuters
              6
              Nobody at the station knew how to siphon it from the tanks.
              Darkness on the edge of town
              7
              In silence he brought out whiskey, glasses, and a siphon of soda-water.
              The Masquerader
              8
              She helped herself to soda water from a siphon on the sideboard.
              The Avenger
              9
              This system of siphon is evidently applicable to all sorts of liquids.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884
              10
              The SPD hoped he would siphon centrist voters away from the conservatives.
              Reuters
              11
              Later he could siphon more from the Volks and the hotel truck.
              The Shining
              12
              The cute design also has a tall chimney to siphon off smoke.
              The Irish Times
              13
              Once Dick hit this firebug over the head with a seltzer siphon.
              The new yorker
              14
              However, we were able to siphon out the garbage in his lungs.
              Fire Season
              15
              The fat man began to fill two glasses from bottle and siphon.
              The maltese falcon
              16
              They have used monopolistic control to siphon off advertising revenues from news organizations.
              The Guardian
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              Translations for siphon
              portuguès
              sifão
              català
              sifó
              espanyol
              sifonsifón
              Siphon through the time
              Siphon across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common