SIPHON


Meaning of SIPHON in English

I. si ‧ phon 1 BrE AmE ( also syphon British English ) /ˈsaɪf ə n/ noun [countable]

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin sipho 'pipe, tube' , from Greek siphon ]

1 . a bent tube used for getting liquid out of a container, used by holding one end of the tube at a lower level than the end in the container

2 . ( also soda siphon ) a type of bottle for holding ↑ soda water , which is forced out of the bottle using gas pressure

II. siphon 2 BrE AmE ( also syphon British English ) verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition]

1 . ( also siphon something ↔ off/out ) to remove liquid from a container by using a siphon:

It took him only a few minutes to siphon off the petrol and drive away.

siphon something out of/from something

Crews began siphoning oil from the leaking boat.

2 . ( also siphon something ↔ off ) to dishonestly take money from a business, account etc to use it for a purpose for which it was not intended:

Emergency aid was siphoned off by foreign ministry officials for their own use.

siphon something from something

I found she had siphoned thousands of dollars from our bank account.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.