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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Sough :: Sough (n.) A small drain; an adit.
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..
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
Trocar :: Trocar (n.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy..
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain..
Carouse :: Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
Treacle :: Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses..
Trone :: Trone (n.) A small drain.
Lade :: Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
Drained :: Drained (imp. & p. p.) of Drai.
Insanitary :: Insanitary (a.) Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage..
Catchwater :: Catchwater (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is 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..
Emulge :: Emulge (v. t.) To milk out; to drain.
Drainable :: Drainable (a.) Capable of being drained.
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..
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..
Melado :: Melado (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.
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