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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Plough :: Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow..
Stulp :: Stulm (n.) A shaft or gallery to drain a mine.
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
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..
Delph :: Delph (n.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.
Emulge :: Emulge (v. t.) To milk out; to drain.
Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..
Drainpipe :: Drainpipe (n.) A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.
Pot :: Pot (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.
Drainable :: Drainable (a.) Capable of being drained.
Lake :: Lake (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
Outfall :: Outfall (n.) The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs..
Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain..
Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land..
Sipy :: Sipy (a.) Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.
Effluvium :: Effluvium (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage..
Treacle :: Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses..
Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe..
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