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  • 21drain — 1. verb 1) a valve for draining the tank Syn: empty (out), void, clear (out), evacuate, unload Ant: fill 2) drain off any surplus liquid Syn: draw off, extract …

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  • 22drain — 1. verb 1) a valve for draining the tank Syn: empty (out), void, clear (out), evacuate, unload 2) drain off any surplus liquid Syn: draw off, extract, siphon off, pour out, pour off …

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  • 23drain — v. & n. v. 1 tr. draw off liquid from, esp.: a make (land etc.) dry by providing an outflow for moisture. b (of a river) carry off the superfluous water of (a district). c remove purulent matter from (an abscess). 2 tr. (foll. by off, away) draw… …

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  • 24drain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. draw off, empty, exhaust, leak, drip, dry up. n. outlet, spout, sewer, ditch, gutter. See water, use, dryness, egress, waste, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pipe or conduit] Syn. duct, channel,… …

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  • 25channel — 1. noun 1) sailing the North Channel Syn: strait(s), sound, narrows, passage, sea passage 2) the water ran down a channel Syn: duct, gutter, conduit, trough, culvert, sluice, s …

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  • 26channel — 1. noun 1) the English Channel Syn: strait(s), sound, narrows, passage 2) the water ran down a channel Syn: duct, gutter, conduit, trough, sluice, drain 3) …

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  • 27Channel — I Channel   [englisch, tʃænl], Bridge. II Channel   [engl.], Kanal. III Channel   [tʃænl; englisch »Kanal«] der, s/ s …

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  • 28drain — dreɪn n. channel, duct; emptying of liquid; hole in sink or bathtub used for emptying water; (British) sewer pipe v. draw out (liquid); flow out (liquid); empty slowly; be emptied slowly; slowly take away, exhaust; be exhausted …

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  • 29drain — I. v. a. 1. Draw off. 2. Empty, exhaust. 3. Make dry, clear of water or moisture. II. v. n. 1. Flow off. 2. Become dry. III. n. Sewer, channel, trench, ditc …

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  • 30drain — v 1. draw off, sluice, pump off, withdraw, remover take away; extract, milk, tap, broach; filter, filtrate, percolate. 2. deprive, impoverish, pauperize, ruin; consume, empty, expend, deplete, exhaust; tax, sap, bleed, enervate, devitalize;… …

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