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noun | verb siphonsiphon1 /ˈsaɪfən/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYsiphon1Origin: 1300-1400 French Latin sipho pipe, tube, from Greek siphon 1a 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 container2a type of bottle for holding soda water, which is forced out of the bottle using gas pressure noun | verb siphonsiphon2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsiphon |
| Present | I, you, we, they | siphon | | he, she, it | siphons | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | siphoned | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have siphoned | | he, she, it | has siphoned | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had siphoned | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will siphon | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have siphoned |
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| Present | I | am siphoning | | he, she, it | is siphoning | | you, we, they | are siphoning | | Past | I, he, she, it | was siphoning | | you, we, they | were siphoning | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been siphoning | | he, she, it | has been siphoning | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been siphoning | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be siphoning | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been siphoning |
► siphon something off/out/into etc. Crews began siphoning oil from the leaking boat. ► siphon something off/from etc. Over $30 billion in relief aid had been siphoned off into foreign bank accounts. 1to remove liquid from a container by using a siphon: siphon something off/out/into etc. Crews began siphoning oil from the leaking boat.2social studies, economics to take money from a business, account, etc. dishonestly, in order to use it for a purpose for which it was not intended: siphon something off/from etc. Over $30 billion in relief aid had been siphoned off into foreign bank accounts. |