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| bumper |
to drain a full drinking glass or cup as a toast to. [1/7 definitions] |
| catheter |
a thin, flexible, hollow tube inserted into a body passage or cavity to drain fluid, esp. urine from the bladder. |
| colander |
a perforated, bowl-shaped container, often with legs, used to drain food. |
| dike |
to drain (a wet area) by using dikes. [1/6 definitions] |
| exhaust |
to drain or draw a vacuum in; empty of contents. [1/11 definitions] |
| exhaustive |
tending to drain strength or resources; fatiguing. [1/2 definitions] |
| gutter |
of a candle, to drain off the melted wax from the hollow formed around the burning wick through a channel formed at the edge of the hollow. [1/10 definitions] |
| milk |
to drain of energy, information, or money, usu. in an exploitative way. [1/7 definitions] |
| outfall |
the outlet or place of discharge of a drain, sewer, or the like. |
| petcock |
a small valve or faucet used to drain from or lower the pressure in a pipe, boiler, steam engine, or the like. |
| rack5 |
to drain off (wine, cider, or the like) from the dregs. |
| river basin |
the area of land from which a river and its tributaries drain water. |
| sap1 |
to drain of sap. [1/4 definitions] |
| sluice |
to fill with or drain of water using a sluice. [1/7 definitions] |
| suck |
to drain the liquid contents of in this way. [1/13 definitions] |
| sump |
a well or pit into which fluids drain for collection and usu. removal, as by means of a pump. [1/2 definitions] |
| tire1 |
to drain the interest or tax the patience of; bore. [1/4 definitions] |
| trap1 |
any of various receptacles for removing unwanted substances from a flow, as of water, or for preventing the escape of gases, as in a drain pipe. [1/13 definitions] |
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