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viemäri — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  • gutter noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
  • sewer noun An underground pipe or channel that carries away waste water and sewage.
  • sink verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.

Senses

viemäri is used for these senses in English:

  • drain (chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
  • gutter The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally questionable.
  • sewer A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
  • sink A drain for carrying off wastewater.

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.

gutter — full definition

  1. noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
  2. noun A morally low or degrading state or environment.
  3. verb (of a candle flame) To flicker unsteadily as it burns down, as if about to go out.

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