SYPHON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syphon mean? 

• SYPHON (noun)
  The noun SYPHON has 2 senses:

1. a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube

2. a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled

  Familiarity information: SYPHON used as a noun is rare.

• SYPHON (verb)
  The verb SYPHON has 1 sense:

1. convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

  Familiarity information: SYPHON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYPHON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

siphon; syphon

Hypernyms ("syphon" is a kind of...):

tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)

Derivation:

syphon (convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

siphon; syphon

Hypernyms ("syphon" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

• SYPHON (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they syphon    ... he / she / it syphons   
Past simple: syphoned   
Past participle: syphoned   
-ing form: syphoning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

siphon; siphon off; syphon

Hypernyms (to "syphon" is one way to...):

draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syphon (a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube)