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