- sewer, sewerage, cloaca - a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
--1 is a kind of drain, drainpipe, waste pipe
--1 is a part of sewage system, sewer system, sewage works - sewer - someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"
--2 is a kind of needleworker
--2 has particulars: baster, tacker; sewing-machine operator; tuckerDerived forms: verb sew2, verb sew1 - gutter, sewer, toilet - misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"
--3 is a kind of misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck