(v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
(v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
(v. t.) To filter.
(v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
(v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
(n.) The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
(n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
(n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
Example Sentences:
(1) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
(2) Intraperitoneal drain should therefore be used when choledochus has been explored.
(3) It is usually associated with a left superior caval vein draining into the coronary sinus and is frequently part of a complex congenital malformation of the heart.
(4) Ovarian venous concentrations of these four steroids from the side draining the tumor-bearing ovary were increased in 40 to 80% of the women.
(5) Radioactive lactic acid was detected in the drained perfusion solution with D(U-14C)-glucose, but not when D(U-14C)-fructose was used.
(6) Draining of thin films has thus a dehydrating effect as well as a sorting and ordering effect.
(7) Regarding ureters read as true positives on indirect study, if that ureter has ever shown reflux at any time, or if it drained a scarred kidney specificity was improved to 97% without changing the sensitivity.
(8) In tests on 13 cells pacing at a 200 mua drain without recharging, the simulated mean duration of pacing before total discharge was 4.8 years.
(9) An abscess of a lingual tonsil should be drained under general anesthesia, and lingual thyroid should be treated conservatively unless it produces obstructive symptoms.
(10) Among them 8 cases were coelio-drained for 24 hours with very little thin bloody drainage.
(11) Lymphocytes obtained from lymph nodes draining foot pads infected with R. conorii or R. akari demonstrated cross-reactivity similar to that found with immune spleen cells.
(12) The experiments show that the single cephalad channel venous island flap is perfused by and drains through its single cephalad vein.
(13) But it has a tainted reputation: the 2007 foot and mouth outbreak was traced to a leak from Pirbright’s drains.
(14) The well drained soils of the Suiá--Missu forest are very uniform, deep latosols (oxisols) of very dystrophic nature with pH (in water) between 4.0 and 5.0 (see table 2, p. 203).
(15) That would mark a controversial break from its existing policy, whereby the ECB offsets bond purchases by draining liquidity from the system in separate operations.
(16) In 13 growing pigs (mini-pigs) all veins draining the head of femur were ligated intra-abdominally.
(17) However, we demonstrate that topical exposure to DNTB causes activation of the draining lymph node in mice and the induction of contact sensitization in both rodents and a single human volunteer.
(18) The malformations over the surface drain into the superior sagittal sinus.
(19) Our current recommendation for initial treatment is excision of the primary tumor followed by irradiation with generous fields to include the primary tumor site and draining regional lymphatics to doses of 46-50 Gy in 2 Gy fractions.
(20) The region was perfused at constant flow through the aorta and drained at constant pressure from the inferior vena cava.
Standpipe
Definition:
(n.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance.
(n.) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam.
Example Sentences:
(1) Despite the news that river levels are as low as they were during 1976 drought, Johnson claimed there would not be a repeat of people queuing for standpipes in the street.
(2) Six other settlements in the valley, all provided with limited piped water from public standpipes, served as the comparison area.
(3) The presence of a standpipe in the compound was associated with a reduction in diarrhoea morbidity of 56%.
(4) Irrigation is achieved with old-fashioned water pumps – more fun than standpipes – around which residents might gather.
(5) The chalk aquifers of southern England are already one of the most water-stressed regions in the developed world, and we are lucky the last drought ended just in time for the London Olympics, as we were months away from standpipes.
(6) In some areas, supplies to homes were turned off and water was delivered by lorries or public standpipes in streets.
(7) The effect of presence of faeces, animals, and standpipe on the incidence of diarrhoea was not dependent on whether or not mothers were literate.
(8) Gavin McHale, the head of operations at Veolia Water Southeast, urged customers to do everything they could to save water, but stressed there was no likelihood of standpipes being needed.
(9) On the other hand, only 55% of rural inhabitants had access to either piped water or public standpipes.
(10) Standpipes might be needed in the streets in parts of England next year if the country has its third dry winter in a row, the environment secretary has warned.
(11) There is a small standpipe for water and a few temporary toilets have been placed outside.
(12) Back in the north, where I grew up, the standpipes made their appearance, one per 20 houses, but not for more than a month and (allowing for the pink effect of spectacles looking back 30 years) to an encouraging revival of friendships.
(13) Water from standpipes is sold at extortionate prices by landlords in league with local politicians and bureaucrats.
(14) Over the same period in villages served by a standpipe system the incidence fell only very slightly, from 16.5% to 14%.
(15) Furthermore, after the widespread use of antischistosomal drugs, no increase in the prevalence of infection was observed over 4 years in villages with a standpipe water supply, laundries and showers.
(16) Then, as light comes, the silence is broken: water splashes into a bucket held under a standpipe by a child, a pressure cooker wails, someone laughs.
(17) Jon Henley Photograph: Jon Henley For 13 months there was no water, but a campaign by the women persuaded the Gerakas town hall to fit a standpipe in May last year.
(18) Nearby comparison settlements, in the same valley, were provided with water through a public standpipe system.
(19) But she told the BBC's Inside Out programme, to be screened on Wednesday night : "Whereas it's most unlikely we would have standpipes this year, if we have another dry winter that becomes more likely."
(20) The stretched sac was then permitted to contract and to expel its contents through "aortic valvar" orifices of various severities of stenosis, into an aortic standpipe of selected diameters (compliances).