siphon

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si|phon /s'aɪfən/ (siphons siphoning siphoned)
also syphon
1 [VERB] V n prep
If you siphon liquid from a container, you make it come out through a tube and down into a lower container by enabling the pressure of the air on it to push it out.
She puts a piece of plastic tubing in her mouth and starts siphoning gas from a huge metal drum...
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
Siphon off means the same as siphon.
Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung...
2 [N-COUNT]
A siphon is a tube that you use for siphoning liquid.
3 [VERB] V n prep
If you siphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purpose for which they were not intended.
He had siphoned thousands of pounds a week from the failing business...
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
Siphon off means the same as siphon.
He had siphoned off a small fortune in aid money from the United Nations.soda si|phon (soda siphons)
also soda syphon
[N-COUNT]
A soda siphon is a special bottle for putting soda water in a drink.

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