sewer¹ see under sew¹

sewer³ /sūˈər/ (historical)

1. A high-ranking servant who superintended the service at table in medieval England
2. Later, an officer of the royal household

sew¹ /sō/

To join, attach, enclose, or work on with a needle and thread, with wire, or with a sewing machine

To work with a needle and thread, sewing machine, or in any similar way

sewˈer noun

sewˈing noun

1. The act of sewing
2. Something that is being sewn

sewing machine noun

A machine for sewing fabric, leather, etc

sew up

1. To enclose or close up by sewing
2. To complete satisfactorily, or secure a satisfactory result (informal)
3. To tire out, bring to a standstill, nonplus, or make drunk (slang)

sew² /sū/

To drain

1. To ooze (dialect)
2. To be aground (nautical)

sewˈage noun

Refuse or waste carried off by sewers

sewer /sooˈər or sūˈər, or (old) shōr or shör/ noun

A channel (esp underground) for receiving the discharge from house-drains and streets

To provide with sewers

sewˈerage noun

1. A system, or the provision, of sewers
2. Sewage

sewˈering noun

sewage farm noun

1. A place where sewage is treated to render it suitable for use as manure
2. Also, a farm on which sewage is used as fertilizer

sewage works noun

A place where sewage is treated and purified before being discharged into a river or the sea

sewer gas noun

The contaminated air of sewers produced by the decomposition of sewage

sewer rat noun

The brown rat

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