Sewer definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SEW'ER, n. [L. sicco ... waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn: sewer, sewerage, cloaca] 2: someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns" 3: misfortune resulting in lost effort or ... was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet" [syn: gutter, sewer, toilet] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from ... for carrying off drainage water and sewage. Phrases and idioms: sewer rat the common brown rat. Etymology: ME f. AF ...
Leaf sewer definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Leaf Leaf, n.; pl. Leaves ... cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen. Leaf sewer (Zo["o]l.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a ...
sewer system definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: facility ... for carrying off liquid and solid sewage [syn: sewage system, sewer system, sewage works]
... waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn: sewer, sewerage, cloaca] Merriam Webster's noun (plural cloacae) Etymology: Latin ... Greek klyzein to wash — more at clyster Date: 1599 1. sewer III 2. [New Latin, from Latin] the common chamber into ... of the intestinal canal in birds, reptiles, etc. 2 a sewer. Derivatives: cloacal adj. Etymology: L, = sewer Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cloaca Clo"a"ca, n.; pl. Cloac[ae]. [L.] 1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome. 2. A privy. 3 ...
... was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet" [syn: gutter, sewer, toilet] 3: a worker who guts things (fish or buildings ... a street) to carry off surface water (as to a sewer) c. a trough or groove to catch and direct something ... pitiful, pitter-patter, pleat, pulse, rank, raw, sad, scandalous, scupper, sewer, shameful, shocking, shoot, sink, slat, sluice, sorry, sough, splutter, sputter ...
... ditch to convey water from wet land; a watercourse; a sewer; a sink. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: emptying ... is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink. 3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub ... v. n. 1. Flow off. 2. Become dry. III. n. Sewer, channel, trench, ditch, water-course. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar ... sapping, scorch, scour out, scupper, sear, seep, seize, septic tank, sewer, shear, shorten, shrink, shrinkage, shrivel, sink, siphon, siphon off, skin ...
... that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas 3: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you ... the liquid forms a seal to prevent the passage of sewer gas 7. plural a group of percussion instruments (as a ... a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trap ... bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal ...
... cesspool b. a ditch or tunnel for carrying off sewage ; sewer c. a stationary basin connected with a drain and usually ... Depress, overbear, crush. 6. Reduce, bring low. III. n. Drain, sewer. Moby Thesaurus Babylon, Gomorrah, KO, Sodom, abate, ablate, advance, age ... screw up, scupper, scuttle, septic tank, set, settle, settle down, sewer, shake, shell, shift, shipwreck, shoot down, shovel, shower, shower bath ...
... project etc.). 3 esp. US obtain exclusive use of. Derivatives: sewer n. Etymology: OE si(o)wan Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sew Sew, n.[OE. See Sewer household officer.] Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs ... 1913 Dictionary Sew Sew, v. t. [[root]151 b. See Sewer a drain.] To drain, as a pond, for taking the ...
... waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn: sewer, sewerage, cloaca] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1834 1. the ... Sewerage Sew"er*age, n. 1. The construction of a sewer or sewers. 2. The system of sewers in a city ... Synonyms n. 1. Drainage, sewage. 2. Sewage, contents of a sewer.