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draining
(encz) | draining,vyčerpávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
draining
(encz) | draining,vypouštění Zdeněk Brož |
Draining
(gcide) | Drain \Drain\ (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained
(dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to
drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
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Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
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But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
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2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
as, to drain a country of its specie.
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Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
--Roscommon.
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3. To filter.
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Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon.
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Draining
(gcide) | Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of Drain, v. t. (Agric.)
The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
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Draining tile. Same as Draintile.
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draining
(wn) | draining
adj 1: having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the
hot sun" [syn: draining, exhausting] |
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draining board
(encz) | draining board, n: |
draining broach
(encz) | draining broach,drenér [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
draining ditch
(encz) | draining ditch,odvodňovací příkop [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
draining ditch spacing
(encz) | draining ditch spacing,rozchod odvodňovacích příkopů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
temporary draining ditch
(encz) | temporary draining ditch,dočasný odvodňovací příkop [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
Draining
(gcide) | Drain \Drain\ (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained
(dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to
drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
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Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
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But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
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2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
as, to drain a country of its specie.
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Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
--Roscommon.
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3. To filter.
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Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of Drain, v. t. (Agric.)
The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
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Draining tile. Same as Draintile.
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draining tile
(gcide) | Draintile \Drain"tile`\, n.
A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also {draining
tile}.
[1913 Webster]Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of Drain, v. t. (Agric.)
The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
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Draining tile. Same as Draintile.
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Draining tile
(gcide) | Draintile \Drain"tile`\, n.
A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also {draining
tile}.
[1913 Webster]Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of Drain, v. t. (Agric.)
The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
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Draining tile. Same as Draintile.
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Top-draining
(gcide) | Top-draining \Top"-drain`ing\, n.
The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
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Well-draining
(gcide) | Welldrain \Well"drain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Welldrained; p.
pr. & vb. n. Well-draining.]
To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive
the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.
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draining board
(wn) | draining board
n 1: a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into
the sink [syn: drainboard, draining board] |
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