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siphon

noun as in pipe

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Like many mosquito larvae, they often dangle head down in the water, taking in oxygen through a flexible siphon.

After training, his lab witnessed new synaptic growth between the sensory neuron that felt touch and the motor neuron that triggered the siphon withdrawal reflex.

First, they allow Paul to siphon off attention from whichever potential candidate is making news.

What are the economic factors in play when you siphon off access to the coasts?

How sick do you have to be to siphon money away from an event for the needy?

“In order to save the day, I had to siphon gasoline out of a car, which involved me sucking it out of a tube,” said Donahue.

By the end of 1983, Wilson had managed to siphon $300 million of unused Pentagon cash to the Afghan mujahideen.

The homemade siphon shown in the sketch consists of two rubber corks and a glass tube with a rubber hose connected to it.

He was back again in a trice, a flask in one hand, a soda siphon in the other, and a small glass balanced on his thumb.

So saying he dispensed whisky and cigarettes, there being a siphon and glasses, and three matches in a match-stand, on the table.

Now, are we going to discuss this thing rationally, or do you want to hit me with a heavy siphon?

Sir William Thomson's siphon recorder, in all its present completeness, must take rank as a masterpiece of invention.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to siphon, such as: drain, funnel, pump, and tube.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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