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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Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..
Emulge :: Emulge (v. t.) To milk out; to drain.
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
Lade :: Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum..
Trocar :: Trocar (n.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy..
Pane :: Pane (n.) In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain..
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw or drain.
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..
Draine :: Draine (n.) The missel thrush.
Drainer :: Drainer (n.) One who, or that which, drains..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain..
Exhaustment :: Exhaustment (n.) Exhaustion; drain.
Underditch :: Underditch (v. t.) To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm..
Tile-drain :: Tile-drain (v. t.) To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
Well-draining :: Well-draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welldrai.
Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..
Welldrain :: Welldrain (v. t.) To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery..
Catchwater :: Catchwater (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
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