valve

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Synonyms: value, salve, vale, valle, calve, valse, volve, halve, varve, valva, valvo

Antonyms: value, salve, vale, valle, calve, valse, volve, halve, varve, valva, valvo

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q208443}} A [[device]] that controls the [[flow]] of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
2. {{senseid|en|anatomical flow-controlling structure}} {{lb|en|anatomy}} One or more membranous [[partition]]s, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or [[cavity]] in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.
3. One of the [[leaf|leaves]] of a folding [[door]] or of a window [[sash#Noun|sash]].
4. {{lb|en|chiefly|British}} A [[vacuum tube]].
5. {{lb|en|botany}} One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they [[dehisce]].
6. {{lb|en|botany}} A small portion of certain [[anther]]s, which opens like a [[trapdoor]] to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the [[barberry]].
7. {{lb|en|biology}} One of the pieces or divisions of [[bivalve]] or multivalve shells.
8. {{lb|en|biology}} One of the two similar portions of the shell of a [[diatom]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To control (flow) by means of a valve.

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