Definition of drain

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Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

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Waterhorse :: Waterhorse (n.) A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
Surface :: Surf (n.) The bottom of a drain.
Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
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..
Top-draining :: Top-draining (n.) The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
Lade :: Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain..
Sipy :: Sipy (a.) Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.
Drein :: Drein (v. i.) To drain.
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
Trap :: Trap (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids..
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..
Drain :: Drain (n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Well-draining :: Well-draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welldrai.
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained..
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..
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