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
- noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
- verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
- verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
- noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.
gutter — full definition
- noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
- noun A morally low or degrading state or environment.
- verb (of a candle flame) To flicker unsteadily as it burns down, as if about to go out.