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Syphon

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of siphon. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled wordnet
  3. 3
    a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of siphon. alt-of, alternative

    "It takes only a moment and a toe, the warning goes, and death will sink its teeth into your foot, and death will syphon the blood from your veins, to satisfy its phantoms and its ghosts."

  2. 2
    convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon wordnet

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