To siphon is to take something away or to extract something from a body or container. When you siphon gasoline, you take the gasoline out of the tank and into the car.
The oil company is siphoning oil from the reservoir.
The water company is siphoning water from the river.
verb
To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
verb
To steal or skim off in small amounts; to embezzle.
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The siphon of the living animal protrudes from the the siphon notch.
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Henry collects siphons along with glasses.
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Eventually air rushes in and breaks the siphon.
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The effect of the siphon pipe will be monitored in 1998.
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The wastewater exits through the excurrent siphon.
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The outlet of the micro throughflow cell is connected to a siphon.
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This air breaks the siphon action of the water in the strap.
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The second valve prevents the loss of subatmospheric pressure in the siphon.
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A thermal siphon moves the heat between the dirt and the solar collector.
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Drop the lower end to the ground and watch the siphon empty the bucket.