squeezing out water

  • 1Water Transport —    Burma is blessed with navigable rivers, especially the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) and Chindwin (Chindwinn), and river transport was long the principal mode of transport between Upper and Lower Burma. Navigable rivers are estimated to total 6,452… …

    Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • 2Water gun — A water gun (or water pistol, squirt gun, or water blaster) is a type of toy designed to shoot water. Together with water balloons, these devices are the primary tools used to soak another during a water warfare game. Historically, water guns… …

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  • 3Squeezing — Squeeze Squeeze (skw[=e]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squeezed} (skw[=e]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeezing}.] [OE. queisen, AS. cw[=e]san, cw[=y]san, cw[=i]san, of uncertain origin. The s was probably prefixed through the influence of squash, v.t.] 1. To …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Silt out — A silt out is a situation when underwater visibility is rapidly reduced to zero.It often happens from divers swimfins disturbing silt, particularly in caves or in still fresh water.Another common cause when penetrating wrecks is bubbles from… …

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  • 5Choke-out — The use of chokeholds has become quite prevalent, in competitions such as Brazilian Jujitsu, Competition Sambo, Submission Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts, it also has Law enforcement and military applications. A Choke Out is when one person uses… …

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  • 6squeeze out — verb 1. force out (Freq. 1) Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts • Hypernyms: ↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑can, ↑dismiss, ↑give the axe, ↑ …

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  • 7wringer — [riŋ′ər] n. [ME, an oppressor] 1. a person or thing that wrings 2. a machine or device for squeezing out water or other liquid, esp. one fitted with opposed rollers to squeeze the water from wet clothes ☆ put someone through the wringer Slang to… …

    English World dictionary

  • 8tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction        Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …

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  • 9Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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