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- Drained: /jer-AY-n-d/ Verb/Interjection Refers to an embarrasing situation one is faced with. Usually correlates with a feeling of being told off badly; essentially the person
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- Definition of CATCHMENT. 1. : something that catches water; also: the amount of water caught. 2.: the action of catching water. See catchment defined for kids.ADVERTISEMENT. something that catches water; also: the amount of water caught. 2. : the action of catching water. See catchment defined for kids.
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leach : to remove (a chemical, a metal, etc.) from a substance by the action of a liquid passing through the substance: to release (a chemical, a metal, etc.) when a liquid passes through.of a chemical, a metal, etc. : to be removed from a substance by a liquid passing through the substance.edical Definition of LEACH. 1. : to subject to the action of percolating liquid (as water) in order to separate the soluble components. 2. : to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid. intransitive verb. : to pass out or through by percolation.
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- See Also Synonyms at sour. These verbs mean to remove the moisture from: drying the dishes; added water to eggs that were dehydrated; a factory where coconut meat is shredded and desiccated; land parched by the sun.Antonym: moisten. With so many people in their house, it was fortunate that the weather was warm and dry so they could utilize the courtyard for the children. 2  Carmen's mouth went dry with fear. 3  Her mouth felt dry and her voice was barely a whisper. 4  Her mouth went dry and her stomach lurched violently.
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- Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Dry. free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. 2  Dry.
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reservoir The definition of a reservoir is place where a supply of something is collected, especially water. An example of a reservoir is an area where large amounts of water are stored. reservoir. reservoir. A natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.
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deplete verb (used with object), depleted, depleting. 1. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds. Origin of deplete.
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DRAIN The noun DRAIN has 4 senses: 1. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it. 2. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material. 3. a pipe through which liquid is carried away. 4. a gradual depletion of energy or resources. Familiarity information: DRAIN used as a noun is uncommon.
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Definitions &Translations A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or sea.
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Definitions &Translations Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Dry. free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
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- 1 : a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained. 2a : the act of drainingb : a gradual outflow or withdrawal : depletion a net drain from the East of five million souls — G. W. Pierson. 3 : something that causes depletion : burden a drain on the city's resources.
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- Dry(adj) to make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
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Primary Meanings of ditch A ditch is a long trench or pit dug into the ground. If your lawns are always soggy, build a drainage ditch for the excess water to flow into. A ditch can be a man-made trench, usually long and narrow, dug into the earth, or a natural ditch made by flowing water. Originally used for farming, we now use ditch for any pit in the ground. Ditch can also be a verb meaning to toss something or forsake it.
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Top 20 Doctor insights on: Early Pregnancy Discharge Vs Pms Discharge Discharge (Definition) Discharge can be a noun or a verb; it has multiple meanings in physics, chemistry, military, and legal usage. The most common medical meaning is a substance that is being excreted. Examples: pus is the discharge from a pimple; a vaginal discharge can mean infection; an ear discharge can mean an infection of the outer ear tract; a nasal discharge may be a 'cold'. ...Read more.
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leach 1 to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation. 2. to cause (water or other liquid) to percolate through something. verb (used without object) 3. (of ashes, soil, etc.) to undergo the action of percolating water.
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- • MAIN (noun). The noun MAIN has 2 senses: 1. any very large body of (salt) water. 2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage. Familiarity information: MAIN used as a noun is rare.
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- drainpipe; waste pipe; drain. Hypernyms (drain is a kind of...): pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of drain): culvert (a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway) scupper (drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard)
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leach When minerals or other materials are pulled out of some substance by a liquid, you can say that they leach from it. A flood can leach important nutrients out of a farmer's field. In agriculture, when farmers allow cattle to graze too much in one spot, or don't rotate their crops from field to field over the years, they risk having a heavy rain leach nutrients from the soil. Sometimes farmers will use water to deliberately leach unwanted materials, like salt, from a field. The verb leach has an Old English root word, leccan, or to moisten, water, wet, or irrigate.
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discharge Discharge. To liberate or free; to terminate or extinguish. A discharge is the act or instrument by which a contract or agreement is ended. A mortgage is discharged if it has been carried out to the full extent originally contemplated or terminated prior to total execution.
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dried dry. 1. free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet. 2. having or characterized by little or no rain: the dry season. 3. characterized by absence, deficiency, or failure of natural or ordinary moisture.4. not under, in, or on water: to be on dry land.5. not now containing or yielding water or other liquid; depleted or empty of liquid: The well is dry.. having or characterized by little or no rain: the dry season. 3. characterized by absence, deficiency, or failure of natural or ordinary moisture. 4. not under, in, or on water: to be on dry land. 5. not now containing or yielding water or other liquid; depleted or empty of liquid: The well is dry.
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Definitions &Translations Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  dry. Used to describe a piece of clothing or substance that has not got water or moisture in it. 2  dry. In meterology it is a day or period of time where there is not an amount of humidity or rain in the atmosphere.
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- Definition Of: The water leaving a centrifugal after most of the solids have been removed. See also: OCEAN , CALCAREOUS FENS , EBB , ZONE OF ELUVIATION , HAILSTORM.
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drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es. 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. To provide with something in great abundance; surfeit: just drenched in money.
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Definitions &Translations Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding(noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter. 2  body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product(noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
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wound healing wound drain. any device by which a channel or open area may be established for the exit of material from a wound or cavity. See also drain, drainage, wound healing (below). wound healing. the restoration of integrity to injured tissues by replacement of dead tissue with viable tissue.ny device by which a channel or open area may be established for the exit of material from a wound or cavity. See also drain, drainage, wound healing (below). wound healing. the restoration of integrity to injured tissues by replacement of dead tissue with viable tissue.
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Definitions &Translations Leach (noun) see 3d Leech. Leach (noun) a quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. Leach (noun) a tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. Leach (verb) to remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee. Leach (verb) to dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes. Leach (verb) to part with soluble constituents by percolation