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A drain or channel for draining off water.
The draining off of water.
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n.
That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
n.
One who, or that which, drains.
n.
The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
n.
A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
v. t.
To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
n.
A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
v. i.
To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
n.
An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
imp. & p. p.
of Drain
n.
The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
a.
Capable of being drained.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Drain
v. i.
To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
v. t.
To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
n.
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
n.
Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
v. t.
To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land.
v. t.
To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
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