Duct - English meaning

noun

The passage by which air reaches a person's lungs.

Usage examples:

He kept the man's airway clear and blood circulating

noun

The passage through the mouth and throat that carries air to the lungs

Usage examples:

It was claimed the fighter jet's interception took place inside an international airway.

noun

A route flown by aircraft

Usage examples:

It was claimed the fighter jet's interception took place inside an international airway.

noun

An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.

Usage examples:

They travelled on by canal

noun

A long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area to another

Usage examples:

The panama canal provides a crucial shipping link between the atlantic and pacific oceans.

noun

A narrow tube through which air, fluid, or other substances can pass

Usage examples:

The alimentary canal is the path by which food enters the body, and solid waste is passed out.

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

A channel for conveying water or other fluid.

Usage examples:

Nearby springs supplied the conduit which ran into the brewery

noun

A way of connecting two places, systems, etc.

Usage examples:

There is growth in sales to hong kong, the conduit for exports to the rest of the area., conduit be…

noun

A pipe or passage for water or electrical wires to go through

Usage examples:

They make pipes and tubes that are used in construction and as electrical conduits., cracks in the …

noun

A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The tanks, roads, culverts and lagoon opening have all suffered through the lack of maintenance.

verb

Channel (a stream or drain) through a culvert.

Usage examples:

We have asked for the river to be culverted

noun

A pipe for waste water that crosses under roads, railways, etc.

noun

A minute duct.

Usage examples:

Proliferation of ducts and ductules may become conspicuous.

noun

A small tube inside the body of a person or animal that carries liquid or air

Usage examples:

The bile ductules and ducts comprise a branched system of interconnected tubes., in adult specimens…

noun

A duct.

Usage examples:

Ductus venosus

noun

A latin word meaning "duct" (= a tube), used in medical names and descriptions

noun

A duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation.

Usage examples:

No air rises up the chimney, usually because the flue is blocked

noun

A pipe that leads from a fire, stove, or heating device to the outside of a building, taking smoke, gases, or hot air away

noun

A small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river.

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It is a land of undulating hills and hollows, dips and drumlins, rivers, inlets, estuaries and lake…

noun

A narrow channel of water that goes from a sea or lake into the land or between islands

noun

A pipe or hole through which water or gas may escape.

Usage examples:

In the base of the gutter were outlets leading to drain pipes to take the water away.

noun

A place of business for retailing goods

noun

An opening through which something, usually a liquid or gas, can come out

Usage examples:

An outlet to the sea, the plumber tightened the outlet valve., drawing classes provided an outlet f…

noun

The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another.

Usage examples:

There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock

verb

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.

Usage examples:

Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively

noun

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

noun

A tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.

Usage examples:

Roads, bridges, utility lines, water and sewer pipes, and other supporting services have to be rebu…

verb

Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Water from the lakes is piped to manchester

noun

A long pipe, typically underground, for conveying oil, gas, etc. over long distances.

Usage examples:

Stretching over 895 kilometres, the pipeline will convey gas from mozambican gas fields to south af…

verb

Convey (a substance) by a pipeline.

Usage examples:

Oil and gas were pipelined to refineries in toronto

noun

A series of connected tubes for transporting gas, oil, or water, usually over long distances

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Usage examples:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

noun

A large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.

Usage examples:

The conducting portion of the respiratory system includes the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, naso…

noun

The tube that carries air from your throat to your lungs

noun

A long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.

Usage examples:

A plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled

verb

Fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.

Usage examples:

The charge stemmed from his failure to properly record how he treated hip wolf on the day she was a…

noun

A vessel or duct.

Usage examples:

The medulla, supplied by vasa recta, receives less blood than the kidney cortex.

noun

Abbreviation for visual analogue scale: a way of measuring how likely people are to have a particular attitude

noun

An opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.

Usage examples:

Remove any debris blocking the vents

verb

Give free expression to (a strong emotion).

Usage examples:

We vent our spleen on drug barons

noun

An opening or slit in a garment, especially in the lower part of the seam at the back of a coat.

Usage examples:

It's made from super 120's italian wool and features a three-button closure, side vents and picksti…

noun

A ship or large boat.

Usage examples:

The bridge only opens with two keys, at the moment it is high and open, which would allow ships and…

noun

A large boat or ship

Usage examples:

A scattering of vessels anchored in the harbor., we used bowls, pots, bottles, pitchers – any vesse…

noun

A large boat or a ship

Usage examples:

Two tugboats guided the 70,000 ton vessel into port., a cargo/container/freight vessel, a commercia…