Faucet
noun
A device that controls the flow of water from a pipe.
She turned the faucet and filled the sink with water.
Often appears as...
- turn the faucet
- faucet handle
noun
A device that controls the flow of water from a pipe.
She turned the faucet and filled the sink with water.
Often appears as...
- turn the faucet
- faucet handle
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Pro Tip 1/3Home Item
A faucet is commonly found in bathrooms and kitchens for water use.
Rinse the dishes under the kitchen faucet.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Flow
Turning a faucet adjusts water temperature and pressure.
If the water is too cold, adjust the faucet to get warm water.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Verb
Common actions with faucets include 'turn on', 'shut off', or 'fix'.
Please turn off the faucet after you're done washing your hands.
Pro Tip 1/3Home Item
A faucet is commonly found in bathrooms and kitchens for water use.
Rinse the dishes under the kitchen faucet.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Flow
Turning a faucet adjusts water temperature and pressure.
If the water is too cold, adjust the faucet to get warm water.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Verb
Common actions with faucets include 'turn on', 'shut off', or 'fix'.
Please turn off the faucet after you're done washing your hands.
Pro Tip 1/3Home Item
A faucet is commonly found in bathrooms and kitchens for water use.
Rinse the dishes under the kitchen faucet.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Flow
Turning a faucet adjusts water temperature and pressure.
If the water is too cold, adjust the faucet to get warm water.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Verb
Common actions with faucets include 'turn on', 'shut off', or 'fix'.
Please turn off the faucet after you're done washing your hands.
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Tyrone Hayes + Penelope...
the connection between environmental health and public health would be clear. You would not drink water that you knew was having this kind of impact on the wildlife that lived in it. The problem is, in my village, Oakland, in most of our villages, we don't see that connection. We turn on the faucet, the water comes out, we assume it's safe,
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Rethinking Our...
is it true that more than a third of the water we use goes towards keeping ourselves clean it is it's time that we realize that water won't always just flow from the faucets we really need to rethink our relationship with the water that we use and waste every day take washing your hair for example much of the water used in the lifetime of a
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Dean Ornish: Healing...
Your body has a remarkable capacity to begin healing itself, and much more quickly than people had once realized, if you simply stop doing what's causing the problem. And so, really, so much of what we do in medicine and life in general is focused on mopping up the floor without also turning off the faucet. I love doing this work,
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Fresh water scarcity: An...
therefore, have to do with what we might call the global common good. This is not something we normally think about, but it means recognizing how much fresh water matters for the flourishing of human and non-human life on Earth now and in the future. How do we think about something as local as our faucets
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How to Conserve Water PIPE...
dishes under a running faucet before loading them into the dishwasher this is a huge waste of water because you actually need the dishes to be dirty as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis
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Water Efficiency at Home...
Whether that's creating a climate friendly garden, fixing that leaky faucet, or just not pre-rinsing our dishes. It's these little water saving measures that can be done by me in the home and all of us across America. That can help make a huge difference for our future water security.
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
help me is christa guerrero from the metropolitan water district of southern california first she checks if all the faucets toilets and shower heads in the house are fitted with water-saving devices then it's time for her to put my habits under the microscope uh-oh
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Dianna Cohen: Tough...
would be a very small drop in the bucket relative to how much is being generated every day around the world, and that actually I needed to back up and look at the bigger picture. And the bigger picture we need to find a way to turn off the faucet.
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Want to be happy? Be...
and on the water faucet, and every time I turned it on, water. So leave it up to your own imagination. You can find whatever works best for you, but you need stop signs in your life. And when you stop, then the next thing is to look.
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Louie Schwartzberg:...
You flip a switch, and there is electric light. You turn a faucet, and there is warm water and cold water, and drinkable water. It's a gift that millions and millions in the world
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Tyrone Hayes + Penelope...
the connection between environmental health and public health would be clear. You would not drink water that you knew was having this kind of impact on the wildlife that lived in it. The problem is, in my village, Oakland, in most of our villages, we don't see that connection. We turn on the faucet, the water comes out, we assume it's safe,
Video examples
Rethinking Our...
is it true that more than a third of the water we use goes towards keeping ourselves clean it is it's time that we realize that water won't always just flow from the faucets we really need to rethink our relationship with the water that we use and waste every day take washing your hair for example much of the water used in the lifetime of a
Video examples
Dean Ornish: Healing...
Your body has a remarkable capacity to begin healing itself, and much more quickly than people had once realized, if you simply stop doing what's causing the problem. And so, really, so much of what we do in medicine and life in general is focused on mopping up the floor without also turning off the faucet. I love doing this work,
Video examples
Fresh water scarcity: An...
therefore, have to do with what we might call the global common good. This is not something we normally think about, but it means recognizing how much fresh water matters for the flourishing of human and non-human life on Earth now and in the future. How do we think about something as local as our faucets
Video examples
How to Conserve Water PIPE...
dishes under a running faucet before loading them into the dishwasher this is a huge waste of water because you actually need the dishes to be dirty as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis
Video examples
Water Efficiency at Home...
Whether that's creating a climate friendly garden, fixing that leaky faucet, or just not pre-rinsing our dishes. It's these little water saving measures that can be done by me in the home and all of us across America. That can help make a huge difference for our future water security.
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
help me is christa guerrero from the metropolitan water district of southern california first she checks if all the faucets toilets and shower heads in the house are fitted with water-saving devices then it's time for her to put my habits under the microscope uh-oh
Video examples
Dianna Cohen: Tough...
would be a very small drop in the bucket relative to how much is being generated every day around the world, and that actually I needed to back up and look at the bigger picture. And the bigger picture we need to find a way to turn off the faucet.
Video examples
Want to be happy? Be...
and on the water faucet, and every time I turned it on, water. So leave it up to your own imagination. You can find whatever works best for you, but you need stop signs in your life. And when you stop, then the next thing is to look.
Video examples
Louie Schwartzberg:...
You flip a switch, and there is electric light. You turn a faucet, and there is warm water and cold water, and drinkable water. It's a gift that millions and millions in the world
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Michael Bacon
American Musician
Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am in my composing mode, I go into my studio and turn that part of my brain on like a faucet. And when I finish, I turn it off. But with songwriting, that process is much more elusive.
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Kevin Bacon
American Actor
People work so hard, and I want to keep that energy up, and you can spread that if you're the actor. But I'm also not able to turn it on and off like a faucet. A lot of what I'm called upon to play is violent or angry. When I'm messing around with the crew and making jokes, I remember, 'Oh, this is the guy I normally am.
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Karyn Kusama
American Director
I think that idea that sort of our emotional self and our emotional life is a faucet that you turn on and off, and that we are in control of it entirely, that's a really appealing idea for a lot of people. But there are certainly the times where it's appealing to me, but it never quite works the way I hoped it would.
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Jeremiah Brent
American Celebrity
People want to create a space that feels like them - one that's deeply rooted in their personality. That's important. Your space is an opportunity to tell your story and showcase your experiences. That's why I think every material - down to your faucet - needs to serve a function and feel personal.
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Jan Koum
American Businessman
Utilities get out of the way. Can you imagine if you flipped a light switch and had to watch an ad before you got electricity? Can you imagine if you turned on a faucet and had to watch an ad before the water came out?
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
As AI becomes the new infrastructure, flowing invisibly through our daily lives like the water in our faucets, we must understand its short- and long-term effects and know that it is safe for all to use.
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Jeff Tweedy
American Musician
Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it.
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Joe Wurzelbacher
American Celebrity
When you hire a plumber because no hot water is coming out of the kitchen sink faucet, you need to go to the water heater, not the faucet.
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Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.
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Billie Holiday
American Musician
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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Michael Bacon
American Musician
Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am in my composing mode, I go into my studio and turn that part of my brain on like a faucet. And when I finish, I turn it off. But with songwriting, that process is much more elusive.
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Kevin Bacon
American Actor
People work so hard, and I want to keep that energy up, and you can spread that if you're the actor. But I'm also not able to turn it on and off like a faucet. A lot of what I'm called upon to play is violent or angry. When I'm messing around with the crew and making jokes, I remember, 'Oh, this is the guy I normally am.
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Karyn Kusama
American Director
I think that idea that sort of our emotional self and our emotional life is a faucet that you turn on and off, and that we are in control of it entirely, that's a really appealing idea for a lot of people. But there are certainly the times where it's appealing to me, but it never quite works the way I hoped it would.
Quote examples
Jeremiah Brent
American Celebrity
People want to create a space that feels like them - one that's deeply rooted in their personality. That's important. Your space is an opportunity to tell your story and showcase your experiences. That's why I think every material - down to your faucet - needs to serve a function and feel personal.
Quote examples
Jan Koum
American Businessman
Utilities get out of the way. Can you imagine if you flipped a light switch and had to watch an ad before you got electricity? Can you imagine if you turned on a faucet and had to watch an ad before the water came out?
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
As AI becomes the new infrastructure, flowing invisibly through our daily lives like the water in our faucets, we must understand its short- and long-term effects and know that it is safe for all to use.
Quote examples
Jeff Tweedy
American Musician
Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it.
Quote examples
Joe Wurzelbacher
American Celebrity
When you hire a plumber because no hot water is coming out of the kitchen sink faucet, you need to go to the water heater, not the faucet.
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Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.
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Billie Holiday
American Musician
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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