a tube that is used for moving liquid from one container to another, using pressure from the atmosphere
verb [VN] [usually +adv./prep.]
1 to move a liquid from one container to another, using a siphon:
I siphoned the gasoline out of the car into a can. * The waste liquid needs to be siphoned off.
2 (informal) to remove money from one place and move it to another, especially dishonestly or illegally
SYNDIVERT:
She has been accused of siphoning off thousands of pounds from the company into her own bank account.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for siphon is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is siphon a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, siphon is tagged as noun.
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