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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sew•er1 /ˈsuɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Civil Engineeringan artificial passage, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city:The sewers overflowed.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sew•er1 (so̅o̅′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Civil Engineeringan artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
v.t. - Civil Engineeringto provide or equip with sewers:a tax increase necessary to sewer the neighborhood.
- Latin *exaquāria drain for carrying water off, equivalent. to Latin ex- ex- + aqu(a) water + -āria, feminine of -ārius -ary; see sew2, -er2
- dialect, dialectal Old French se(u)wiere overflow channel (compare Old French ess(e)ouer(e) ditch)
- late Middle English suer(e) 1375–1425
- Clothinga person or thing that sews.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see sew1, -er1
- a former household officer or head servant in charge of the service of the table.
- Latin assidēre to attend upon; see assiduous) + -our -or2
- Anglo-French asseour seater, equivalent. to Old French asse(oir) to seat (
- Middle English, aphetic 1300–50
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