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nielu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  • gullet noun The throat or esophagus, the passage food travels down when swallowed.
  • pharynx noun The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
  • sink verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.
  • vortex noun A spinning mass of air, water, or other matter that pulls things toward its centre, such as a whirlpool or whirlwind.

Senses

nielu is used for these senses in English:

  • drain (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  • fauces (anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
  • gullet The throat or esophagus.
  • pharyngeal (phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.
  • pharynx (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
  • sink (graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.
  • vortex (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.

drain — full definition

  1. noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  2. verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
  3. verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
  4. noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.

gullet — full definition

  1. noun The throat or esophagus, the passage food travels down when swallowed.
  2. noun The gap or notch between the teeth of a saw blade.

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