Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The drawing or running off of water, especially the artificial removal of water from land by surface or under-ground channels; drainage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
- verb Same as
Draintile .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
drain . - adjective That
drains - noun the practice of exploring
drains ,tunnels , orsewers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a debilitating effect
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Examples
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What is advanced as the main advantage of trench-ploughing in the first passage -- that it can be safely done without previous draining, is in the second wholly discarded by the advice, _never to trench-plough without previous draining_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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With short-term draining operations and long-term water-management projects under way, "we have high confidence that this will not repeat," Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said in an interview at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit here.
Thai Government: Flooding Won't Happen Again Mitsuru Obe 2011
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In the cliffs, among the boulders, there were pools of ice, frozen meltwater draining from the land above the bay, and lingering banks of snow.
"You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe..." greygirlbeast 2010
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In the cliffs, among the boulders, there were pools of ice, frozen meltwater draining from the land above the bay, and lingering banks of snow.
"You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Signs of infection at the site (red, painful, warm to the touch and/or pus draining from the sting area, fever).
Sting Things 2010
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Water draining from the tank flows under the force of gravity to the various water fixtures inside the home.
Water pressure systems versus the rooftop tinaco tank in the Mexican home 2008
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Water draining from the tank flows under the force of gravity to the various water fixtures inside the home.
Water pressure systems versus the rooftop tinaco tank in the Mexican home 2008
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Bush and the pro-war Republicans and the right-wing talking heads are only interest in draining the resources of our nation and life†™ s blood of our citizens and our troops abroad.
Think Progress » Fox Guest Says ABC News Is “Killing American Soldiers” 2005
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Bush and the pro-war Republicans and the right-wing talking heads are only interest in draining the resources of our nation and the life†™ s blood of our citizens and our troops abroad.
Think Progress » Bush’s Iraq PR Campaign Falling Flat 2005
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Bush and the pro-war Republicans and the right-wing talking heads are only interest in draining the resources of our nation and the life†™ s blood of our citizens and our troops abroad.
Think Progress » Bush’s Iraq PR Campaign Falling Flat 2005
GHibbs commented on the word draining
My adjectival use: 'The draining flood water went onto the road.'
August 22, 2011