Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a valve or valves, in any sense; valvate; valvular.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a valve or valves; valvate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
valves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of brass instruments) having valves
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Examples
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There was air there, valved in under pressure so she could not flow through the tube; if she tried it, she would merely encounter an otherwise sealed tank.
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# I like to use the old electric fryingpan of the solid variety, with valved pyrex lid because it slow cooks well.
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A nagging thought, yes; but the cultural tremors seem much less than those that occurred when, say, European performance practice experienced the technological shift to valved brass instruments — the boom boxes of their times.
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# I like to use the old electric fryingpan of the solid variety, with valved pyrex lid because it slow cooks well.
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The skinsuit obviuosly cost considerably more than the schrader-valved steed he is astride.
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A nagging thought, yes; but the cultural tremors seem much less than those that occurred when, say, European performance practice experienced the technological shift to valved brass instruments — the boom boxes of their times.
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I put in a valved one and give the impatiens a good soaking once a week.
Fountain sludge 2006
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I put in a valved one and give the impatiens a good soaking once a week.
Fountain sludge 2006
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I put in a valved one and give the impatiens a good soaking once a week.
Fountain sludge 2006
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I put in a valved one and give the impatiens a good soaking once a week.
Fountain sludge 2006
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