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[ drey-nij ] / ˈdreɪ nɪdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR drainage ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or process of draining. a system of drains, artificial or natural. drainage basin. something that is drained off. Surgery. the drainage of fluids, as bile, urine, etc., from the body, or of pus and other diseased products from a wound. Origin of drainageFirst recorded in 1645–55; drain + -age OTHER WORDS FROM drainageo·ver·drain·age, nounWords nearby drainageDraguignan, drag up, drahthaar, drail, drain, drainage, drainage basin, drainage tube, drainageway, drainboard, drainer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drainageIt would only be a few more months before his boss Muammar would be shot while attempting to escape through a drainage pipe. How Goldman Sachs Rescued Libya|Joshua Brown|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST German planes landed in New Orleans to deliver food rations, as well as a team of drainage specialists. From Europe, A Muted Hurricane Sandy Response|Alex Klein|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST During a morning press conference, Dormer said he believed that Gilbert most likely fell into a drainage ditch and drowned. Shannan Gilbert Body Likely Found, New York Police Say|Christine Pelisek|December 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST Sixteen days later, his severed head was found in a drainage ditch miles from their home. John Walsh on the Revival of 'America’s Most Wanted' on Lifetime|Sandra McElwaine|December 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Sin City has no jobs, and the newly homeless are living in drainage pipes. Can Celine Dion Save Vegas?|Tony Doukopil, Ramin Setoodeh|March 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST His bank is to make the loans for the association's drainage, and he has bought a big tract of land in this district. The Hallowell Partnership|Katharine Holland Brown Danger, from drainage of barns and barnyards, 137;from leachings from privies and cesspools, 138. Rural Hygiene|Henry N. Ogden If any doubt exists, make a drainage bed of eight inches of clinkers before starting to lay the stones. Making A Rock Garden|Henry Sherman Adams These towns were repaired with brick or cement, and provided with what they had never yet enjoyed, a proper system of drainage. The Panama Canal|J. Saxon Mills Under favorable circumstances now no procedure is more satisfactory in its results than free incision and drainage. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
British Dictionary definitions for drainage
nounthe process or a method of draining a system of watercourses or drains liquid, sewage, etc, that is drained away Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to drainagesewerage, effluvium, waste, bilge, effluent, waste water Medical definitions for drainage
n.The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |