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hevel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • siphon noun A bent tube that uses pressure and gravity to move liquid from one container to a lower one.

Senses

hevel is used for these senses in English:

  • heddle A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.
  • siphon 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.

siphon — full definition

  1. noun A bent tube that uses pressure and gravity to move liquid from one container to a lower one.
  2. verb To draw off liquid, or by extension money or resources, gradually and often secretly.