Definition of drain

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Drain (n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains..

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Water Drain :: Water drain () A drain or channel for draining off water.
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw or drain.
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
Pot :: Pot (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.
Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..
Welldrained :: Welldrained (imp. & p. p.) of Welldrai.
Trogue :: Trogue (n.) A wooden trough, forming a drain..
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..
Tile-drain :: Tile-drain (v. t.) To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile 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..
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..
Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..
Drainer :: Drainer (n.) One who, or that which, drains..
Suilline :: Suillage (n.) A drain or collection of filth.
Catchwater :: Catchwater (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.
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