What is "syphoning"

Usage examples of "syphoning".

We have no vehicles here except inert and fuel-zero nosers, and even if we could round up the fuel--say by syphoning from every fuel tank to fill up one--they don't have tracking gear by which we could pilot a course.

A cold lethargy was creeping into him through his damaged leg, syphoning his remaining strength away.

Tubes emerged from his neck and along the side of his ribs, linking him with a tall stack of medical equipment at the head of the bed, supplying the nanonics with specialist chemicals needed to bolster the traumatized flesh, and syphoning out toxins and dead blood cells.

With its godly abilities, Moander reached out and began syphoning off the magical energies of the dead elven kingdom.

It was child's play smuggling out the equipment used to create you, coaxing Cassana out of a piece of her flesh, syphoning off a portion of the life energies Moander contributed.

Directly below her was Hyde Park, the traffic streaming through, splitting, turning away, syphoning in different directions.

They'd either made them quickly, scavenging bottles from the street or shops, syphoning off gasoline from fuel tanks of vehicles, or they'd brought the cocktails ready-made with them.