'Drainage' definitions:
Definition of 'drainage'
From: WordNet
noun
Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it [syn: drain, drainage]
Definition of 'Drainage'
From: GCIDE
- Drainage \Drain"age\, n.
- 1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. --Latham. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Surg.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Drainage tube (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drainage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air-drying,
- anhydration,
- aspiration,
- bleeding,
- bloodletting,
- broaching,
- cleaning out,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- cupping,
- defecation,
- defluxion,
- dehumidification,
- dehydration,
- depletion,
- desiccation,
- discharge,
- discharging cargo,
- drafting,
- drain,
- draining,
- drawing,
- drying,
- drying up,
- effluence,
- efflux,
- effluxion,
- effusion,
- egress,
- elimination,
- emptying,
- evacuation,
- evaporation,
- excretion,
- exhalation,
- exhaust,
- exhausting,
- exhaustion,
- flowoff,
- gush,
- insolation,
- milking,
- mummification,
- off-loading,
- outfall,
- outflow,
- outflowing,
- outpour,
- outpouring,
- phlebotomy,
- pipetting,
- pumping,
- removal,
- runoff,
- siphoning,
- sucking,
- suction,
- tapping,
- unloading,
- venesection,
- venting,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- withering