Definition of drain

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Drain (n.) The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country..

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Exhaustion :: Exhaustion (n.) The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.
Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..
Drained :: Drained (imp. & p. p.) of Drai.
Molasses :: Molasses (n.) The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle..
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish..
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..
Manhole :: Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing..
Draintrap :: Draintrap (n.) See 4th Trap, 5..
Top-draining :: Top-draining (n.) The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained..
Grindlet :: Grindlet (n.) A small drain.
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Sough :: Sough (n.) A small drain; an adit.
Draine :: Draine (n.) The missel thrush.
Underdrain :: Underdrain (v. t.) To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land..
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw or drain.
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..
Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe..
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