Drainage

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  • noun. The action or a method of draining.
  • noun. A system of drains.
  • noun. Something that is drained off.
  • noun. The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of draining; a gradual flowing off, as of a liquid.
  • noun. The system of conduits, channels, or passages by means of which something is drained.
  • noun. That which is drained off; that which is carried away by a system of drains; the water carried off by the systems of rivers and their minor affluents in any drainage-basin, or area of catchment, or in any part thereof. See basin, 8, and catchment.
  • noun. In surgery, the draining of the pus and other morbid products from an accidental or artificial wound.
  • noun. In surgery, drainage of a cavity by a tube which opens at the surface at two opposite points, allowing irrigation and drainage of the cavity without disturbance of the dressings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
  • noun. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
  • noun. The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
  • noun. Area or district drained
  • noun. The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
  • noun. a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area.
  • noun. A system of drains.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
  • Word Usage
    "After pre-washing, complaints were gone, dishes are really clean and the drainage is a lot better. robertrock angrykeyboarder"
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