siphon
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siphon
- /ˈsaɪfən/
Rhymes with -aɪfən
Where it comes from
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.
noun siphons · syphon
- 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. The asserted fact that free hydrochloric acid is absent from the fluid removed by a siphon in cases of cancer of the stomach has been lately much discussed in Germany, and Dr Van der Welden, of Strassburg, introduced an alcoholic solution of tropæolin as a test with this object.
- A soda siphon.
- 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.
verb siphons · siphoning · siphoned · syphon
- To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon. He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
- To transfer directly. Today's teenagers are siphoning dangerous levels of membrane-damaging noise directly into their eardrums, with long-term effects that otologists prophesy will be disastrous for their hearing and lead to an epidemic of middle-aged deafness in the next thirty years.
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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.
Similar: misappropriate
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noun bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
| Español | sifón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사이폰 saipon |
| 日本語 | サイフォン saifon, 水管 suikan |
| 中文 | 水管 shuǐguǎn, 虹吸管 hóngxīguǎn, 虹吸 hóngxī |
| Português | sifão |
| Français | siphon |
| Deutsch | Heber |
| Italiano | sifone |
| Русский | сифо́н sifón |
| العربية | سِيفُون sīfūn |
| עברית | גישתה gishtá, סיפון sifón |
verb steal or skim off in small amounts
| Français | siphonner |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | unterschlagen, absahnen |
Talk about this word "siphon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/siphon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. siphon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/siphon "siphon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/siphon.Cite this
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title = {siphon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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