SEWER DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
sewer n 1: a 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 money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet" [syn: gutter, sewer, toilet] sewer weser resew Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) sewer I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French asseour, literally, seater, from Anglo-French asseer to seat — more at assize Date: 14th century a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting II. noun Date: 14th century one that sews III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from assewer, essiver to drain, from Vulgar Latin *exaquare, from Latin ex- + aqua water — more at island Date: 15th century an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall) Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary sewer (sewers) A sewer is a large underground channel that carries waste matter and rain water away, usually to a place where it is treated and made harmless. ...the city's sewer system. ...open sewers. N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary sewer ̈ɪˈsəuə n. a conduit, usu. underground, for carrying off drainage water and sewage. øsewer rat the common brown rat. [ME f. AF sever(e), ONF se(u)wiere channel to carry off the overflow from a fishpond, ult. f. L ex- out of + aqua water] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sewer \Sew"er\, n. [OF. sewiere, seuwiere, ultimately fr. L. ex out + a derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL. exaquatorium a channel through which water runs off. Cf. Ewer, Aquarium.] A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sewer \Sew"er\, n. [Cf. OE. assewer, and asseour, OF. asseour, F. asseoir to seat, to set, L. assidere to sit by; ad + sedere to sit (cf. Sit); or cf. OE. sew pottage, sauce, boiled meat, AS. se['a]w juice, Skr. su to press out.] Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests. Then the sewer Poured water from a great and golden ewer, That from their hands to a silver caldron ran. --Chapman. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sewer \Sew"er\, n. 1. One who sews, or stitches. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer ({Phoxopteris nubeculana}) Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms sewer n. Drain, subterranean canal. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 49 Moby Thesaurus words for "sewer": Singer, abri, antre, bog, bunker, burrow, cave, cavern, cesspool, cloaca, cloaca maxima, cove, drain, dugout, dump, foxhole, garbage dump, garmentmaker, grot, grotto, gutter, headchute, hole, kennel, lair, marsh, mire, needleman, needler, needlewoman, needleworker, piscina, quagmire, scupper, seamster, seamstress, sempster, septic tank, sewing machine, sink, sluice, sough, subterrane, subway, sump, swamp, tailor, tunnel, warren |
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