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“sewer”
1. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
2. An artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
3. Someone who sews: "She was a sewer of fine gowns."
4. Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money: "All that work went right down the sewer."
5. Etymology: "conduit" from about 1402; from Anglo-French sewere, Old Norse French sewiere, "sluice from a pond"; literally, "something that makes water flow", from aphetic form (alteration of a word by loss of a short, unaccented vowel at the beginning) of Gallo-Romance exaquaria; from Latin ex-, "out" + aquaria, feminine of aquarius, "referring to water" from aqua, "water".
2. An artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
3. Someone who sews: "She was a sewer of fine gowns."
4. Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money: "All that work went right down the sewer."
5. Etymology: "conduit" from about 1402; from Anglo-French sewere, Old Norse French sewiere, "sluice from a pond"; literally, "something that makes water flow", from aphetic form (alteration of a word by loss of a short, unaccented vowel at the beginning) of Gallo-Romance exaquaria; from Latin ex-, "out" + aquaria, feminine of aquarius, "referring to water" from aqua, "water".
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aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-, aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous
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sewer, sewer
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
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Confusing Words of homographs and heteronyms
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sewer, sewer, soar, sower, suer
sewer (SOO uhr) (noun)
1. An underground conduit or pipe the purpose of which is to carry off drainage and excrement: "My street was dug up all summer long because the city was installing new sewer pipes in my neighborhood."
2. Formerly, in England, an attendant who supervised the serving of meals and the seating of guests: "The Medieval romance described the sewer who was attached to the household and was in charge of making sure the food was properly prepared."
2. Formerly, in England, an attendant who supervised the serving of meals and the seating of guests: "The Medieval romance described the sewer who was attached to the household and was in charge of making sure the food was properly prepared."
sewer (SOH uhr) (noun)
1. An individual who uses a needle and thread or a machine that is equipped to fasten material together with stitches: "The new immigrant to the city was hired as a sewer in the local coat factory."
2. Someone who makes, mends, or fastens material with a needle and thread: "Her mother was known as a talented and a practical sewer because she could do so many things with her needles and various threads."
2. Someone who makes, mends, or fastens material with a needle and thread: "Her mother was known as a talented and a practical sewer because she could do so many things with her needles and various threads."
soar (SOHR) (verb)
1. To fly or hover in the air, typically at a great height: "I watched my kite soar out of sight above the trees."
2. To glide or to fly without an engine and not lose altitude: "The pilot was able to soar over the plains in the glider which he had built."
3. To rise to a majestic or exalted professional or public level: "With the help of his secretary, his career began to soar in the company."
4. To increase very quickly in amount or price: "Housing costs started to soar to greater amounts then suddenly dropped causing what has been termed to be a housing bubble."
2. To glide or to fly without an engine and not lose altitude: "The pilot was able to soar over the plains in the glider which he had built."
3. To rise to a majestic or exalted professional or public level: "With the help of his secretary, his career began to soar in the company."
4. To increase very quickly in amount or price: "Housing costs started to soar to greater amounts then suddenly dropped causing what has been termed to be a housing bubble."
sower (SOH uhr) (noun)
1. An individual who casts or scatters seed to grow a crop: "For a job during the spring vacation, my cousin worked on a farm as a sower, scattering seeds for the summer wheat."
2. Anyone who is responsible for introducing something into a special or selected environment: "The scientist was the sower of a new breed of wheat in the farm region."
3. A person who tries to cause fear, doubt, etc. which will affect many people: "The leader of the opposition was a deliberate sower of discord among the voters in the recent elections."
2. Anyone who is responsible for introducing something into a special or selected environment: "The scientist was the sower of a new breed of wheat in the farm region."
3. A person who tries to cause fear, doubt, etc. which will affect many people: "The leader of the opposition was a deliberate sower of discord among the voters in the recent elections."
suer (SOO uhr) (noun)
An individual who uses a legal process to get a court of law to force another person, company, or organization to make a financial payment or to take certain actions: "The judge asked that the suer stand up and explain his case."
Someone told me that he saw a hand reaching up from a manhole in the street and it was showing a threaded needle.
It's the only time he had ever seen a sewer coming out of a sewer.
The suer in the court action involved a sower who worked in the wrong field as a young farmer and who had hoped to use part of his farm area as a place to soar his glider. Unfortunately, there was also a sewer pipe crossing the field that hampered his objectives.
Later, the young farmer approached a neighbor who was well known as a clever sewer to make a wind sock for his gliding enterprise.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“sewer”
(Greek: a drain, passage; sewer)