drain
Noun
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same as: drainage
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referred to in: surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
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is a type of: pipage, pipe, piping - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.subtypes:
- culvert - a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- scupper - drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- cloaca, sewer, sewerage - a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- soil pipe - drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.
- trap - drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
same as: drainpipe, waste pipe -
is a type of: depletion - the act of decreasing something markedlysubtypes:
- drawing, drawing off - act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
- brain drain - depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
Verb
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same as: run out
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is a type of: empty - make void or empty of contents
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is a type of: weaken - lessen the strength ofsame as: debilitate, enfeeble
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