Definition of drain

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Drain (v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of..

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Drain :: Drain (v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..
Treacle :: Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses..
Melado :: Melado (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.
Mould :: Mould (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5..
Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off..
Stulp :: Stulm (n.) A shaft or gallery to drain a mine.
Exhaustible :: Exhaustible (a.) Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended..
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.
Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
Carouse :: Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
Tile-drain :: Tile-drain (v. t.) To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..
Muscovado :: Muscovado (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist..
Lade :: Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Water Gang :: Water gang () A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes..
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