Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to siphon
Participle: siphoned
Gerund: siphoning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | siphon |
| you | siphon |
| he;she;it | siphons |
| we | siphon |
| you | siphon |
| they | siphon |
Perfect
| I | have siphoned |
| you | have siphoned |
| he;she;it | has siphoned |
| we | have siphoned |
| you | have siphoned |
| they | have siphoned |
Past
| I | siphoned |
| you | siphoned |
| he;she;it | siphoned |
| we | siphoned |
| you | siphoned |
| they | siphoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had siphoned |
| you | had siphoned |
| he;she;it | had siphoned |
| we | had siphoned |
| you | had siphoned |
| they | had siphoned |
Future
| I | will siphon |
| you | will siphon |
| he;she;it | will siphon |
| we | will siphon |
| you | will siphon |
| they | will siphon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have siphoned |
| you | will have siphoned |
| he;she;it | will have siphoned |
| we | will have siphoned |
| you | will have siphoned |
| they | will have siphoned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | siphon |
| you | siphon |
| he;she;it | siphon |
| we | siphon |
| you | siphon |
| they | siphon |
Perfect
| I | have siphoned |
| you | have siphoned |
| he;she;it | have siphoned |
| we | have siphoned |
| you | have siphoned |
| they | have siphoned |
Imperfect
| I | siphoned |
| you | siphoned |
| he;she;it | siphoned |
| we | siphoned |
| you | siphoned |
| they | siphoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had siphoned |
| you | had siphoned |
| he;she;it | had siphoned |
| we | had siphoned |
| you | had siphoned |
| they | had siphoned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would siphon |
| you | would siphon |
| he;she;it | would siphon |
| we | would siphon |
| you | would siphon |
| they | would siphon |
Perfect
| I | would have siphoned |
| you | would have siphoned |
| he;she;it | would have siphoned |
| we | would have siphoned |
| you | would have siphoned |
| they | would have siphoned |
Imperative
| you | siphon |
| we | Let's siphon |
| you | siphon |
Verbs conjugated like 'siphon'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'siphon'
syphon,
resiphon,
spoon,
apron,
bishop,
capon,
cipher,
cophin,
dishorn,
highen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh. See: Latin '
sīphō'.
Verbs referencing "siphon"
Irish
siofón.
Sample Sentences
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He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
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Today's teenagers are siphoning dangerous levels of membrane-damaging noise directly into their eardrums, with long-term effects that otologists prophesy will be disastrous for their hearing and lead to an epidemic of middle-aged deafness in the next thirty years. [2012 Sep, Rupert Christiansen, “Quiet, Please”, in Literary Review:]
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In Juchipila power to the whole community of thirty thousand evaporated as the supraheavy grid buried alongside the little mountain cantina siphoned energy from the entire west-central portion of the Namerican national power net. [2009, Alan Dean Foster, Montezuma Strip, →ISBN:]
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Attempting to “unfeel” whatever you feel is a huge drain on your energy, and that effort can siphon off the power you need to crunch your problem. [2010, John Townsend, Now What Do I Do?:]
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Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler. [2021 March 18, Scott Glover, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, “Former Florida state senator charged in spoiler candidate scheme”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2022:]