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sewer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaqu?ria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aqu?ria (“of or pertaining to waters”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA(key): /?s(j)u??/
- (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA(key): /?su?/
- Homophone: suer
- Rhymes: -u??(?)
- Hyphenation: sew?er
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
- A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
Translations
Verb
sewer (third-person singular simple present sewers, present participle sewering, simple past and past participle sewered)
- (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
Etymology 2
From Middle English seware, seuere, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (“find a seat for”), from Latin assid?re, present active participle of asside? (“attend to”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sede? (“sit”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA(key): /?s(j)u??/
- (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA(key): /?su?/
- Hyphenation: sew?er
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
- (now historical) A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his white rod of office.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 287:
- His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
Etymology 3
sew +? -er
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?'?, IPA(key): /?s???/
- (US) enPR: s?'?r, IPA(key): /?so??/
- Homophone: sower
- Rhymes: -???(r)
- Hyphenation: sew?er
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
- One who sews.
- A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
Synonyms
- (one who sews): sempster/sempstress (man/woman), seamster/seamstress (man/woman), tailor
Translations
Anagrams
- Ewers, Weser, ewers, re-sew, resew, sweer, weres
Middle English
Verb
sewer
- Alternative form of suren
sewer From the web:
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sewen
English
Etymology 1
Verb
sewen
- (obsolete) past participle of sew
Etymology 2
Noun
sewen (plural sewens)
- (dialect) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.
Anagrams
- e-news, enews, ensew, newes, swene, weens
Tok Pisin
Numeral
sewen
- Alternative form of seven
sewen From the web:
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- what are sewn in hair extensions
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