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noun
- A relief valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container (such as a boiler) would burst
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noun
- a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, used to move liquid from one reservoir to another.
- a soda siphon
- (biology) a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
verb
- to use a siphon for moving a liquid.
- He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
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noun
- (spinning) a distaff, the rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres, especially wool.
- a rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- a worldwide tree of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- an upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
verb (spindl, ing)
- To make into a long tapered shape.
- To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
- Do not fold, or mutilate this document.
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noun
- a sycophant
verb
- To use the mouth to pull in liquid substances for ingestion or to perform a similar act on solid material without ingestion.
- To draw into, by any means, with an attractive force, usually without direct contact
- (colloquial) Term of general disparagement, indicating the subject or situation has no redeeming qualities. With at, indicates a particular area of deficiency.You're great at baseball, but you suck at golf.
- To perform fellatio; with "off" means to perform fellatio culminating in ejaculation.
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noun
- A person or thing that sucks
- An organ or body part that does the sucking
- Animals such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs
- A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollypop
- (context, horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
verb
- To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
- The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
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