to duct
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5.2
- verb
- /dʌkt/
- Specialized
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canalizar
- I'm still waiting for an acquaintance of mine down at Highway Auto Salvage to call me as soon as he can find a replacement, but until then I'm using a plastic trash bag I duct-taped to the back of the Pinto.
- ducted fan
- ducted engine
- ducted propeller
Examples
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The workers will duct the air conditioning system to ensure proper ventilation in the building.
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To improve energy efficiency, they will duct the heating system through the walls.
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I am going to attempt to duct tape this on the inside of all of the windows.
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I think it was over the line to duct tape them to the trees.
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Let's duct tape that bad boy.
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And it's sort of been kind of duct taped to keep working.
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The fire sent thousands of nearby residents inside with orders to duct tape around windows and not come out to play until they got the all clear.
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The cord had been duct taped a couple times.
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You'll have to duct-tape that to your chest.
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They should hire us to duct tape VW buses because we did it so well.
Synonyms
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4.1
To move something through a narrow opening or channel into one place
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6.2
To put a hollow pipe into something or send things through it
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3.9
Bring water, gas, or air into a place through pipes
Compounds
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4.8
A tube that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine
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3.7
A tube that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine
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3.9
A tube that carries digestive juices from the pancreas to the small intestine
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3.7
A tiny tube in the skin that carries salty liquid from a gland to the outer skin
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6.9
A large tube that carries the clear fluid called lymph from most of the body into the blood
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A body part that makes liquid like sweat or saliva and sends it through a tube to a surface
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One of two tubes that carry semen from the vas deferens and seminal vesicle through the prostate to the urethra
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A tube in the body lined with thin cells that carries a fluid like saliva or mucus
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A small tube that carries tears from the tear gland to the eye surface
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A tube that carries the liquid made by the liver to the gallbladder and small intestine
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Duct as a verb also comes from the old Latin verb ducere meaning 'to lead'. So, to duct something is to 'lead' or carry it through a pipe or channel, for example when a system ducts air or fumes from one room to another.