Translation of siphon – English–Swedish dictionary

siphon

 
noun
  /ˈsaifən/
a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level
hävert
He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car’s tank.
(also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water
sifon

siphon

 
verb
 
(with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon
suga [tappa] upp
They siphoned the petrol into a can.

(Translation of siphon from the PASSWORD English–Swedish Dictionary © 2023 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of siphon

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I observe only that this is yet one further example of detailed provisions being siphoned off into the rules, which we have yet to see.
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We have seen special needs money siphoned off for other uses, fewer resources and larger classes.
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If it is siphoned off by one group, it is not available for another, or for investment in education and fighting crime.
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There may be ways of siphoning that money away from the hands of the person who owns the land into the public purse.
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I also noticed rehabilitation beds lying empty because the funding had been siphoned off elsewhere in the hospital, which suggests that all is not well.
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Additional expenditures or the siphoning off of money can therefore be investigated properly by the authorities.
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Does he realise the strong feeling that exists because work is siphoned away from those areas into assisted areas?
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We have heard a great deal of "brass plate" devices, whereby the investment grant might be effectively siphoned off to foreign companies.
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Translations of siphon

in Chinese (Traditional)
虹吸管, 蘇打水瓶,汽水瓶(同 soda siphon), 用虹吸管吸取,用虹吸管抽取…
in Chinese (Simplified)
虹吸管, 苏打水瓶,汽水瓶(同 soda siphon), 用虹吸管吸取,用虹吸管抽取…
in Spanish
sifón, sifón de soda, sacar con sifón…
in Portuguese
sifão, sifão de água com gás, tirar com um sifão…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
sifon, sifon çekmek, sifonla akıtmak…
siphon, siphon (d’eau gazeuse), siphonner…
hevel, sifon, hevelen…
násoska, sifon, přečerpat…
hævert, sifon, suge…
sedotan, botol dengan sedotan, menyedot…
ท่อที่ใช้ทำกาลักน้ำ, ขวดที่มีหลอดใช้กับน้ำโซดา, ดูดของเหลวออกด้วยท่อหรือสาย…
ống xi-phông, ống truyền nước, chai đựng nước…
rurka, syfon, przelewać…
sifon, mengalirkan sesuatu keluar (menggunakan kaedah sifon)…
der Siphon, die Siphonflasche, entleeren…
hevert, sifong, tappe…
сифон, переливати через сифон…
сифон, откачивать сифоном, качать (деньги)…
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