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undrain en · NOUN
Etymology
From un- + drain.
Meanings
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A water collection system that drains water away from a location.
The experiments with fresh and septic sludge show that for filters of the same size material, fresh sludge passes through into the undrains while septic sludge merely gives up its water.
1911, Engineering and Contracting - Volume 36, page 307:New undrains, gravel retaining screens and air wash systems were installed.
1952, Pennsylvania water works operators' association, Journal - Volumes 24-34, page 25:Absence of filtered undrains beneath spillways or behind walls.
1993, Loren Runar Anderson, Geotechnical practice in dam rehabilitation:
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undrain en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + drain.
Meanings
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To restore that which has drained away.
On this score, monastics are will-positioned, in that one of the purposes of monastic work was to recreate the garden of paradise. The Cistercians, however, have not made a move to undrain the swamps.
2000, The American Benedictine Review - Volume 51, Issue 3, page 290:The probable differences between gross and net drain also require an explanation of why some manpower "undrains" by returning home after a period of working in the United States.
1970, John R. Niland, The Asian engineering brain drain, page 7:Remove the repair reason, clear the problem from the database, and undrain the switch.
2018, Betsy Beyer, Niall Richard Murphy, David K. Rensin, The Site Reliability Workbook: Practical Ways to Implement SRE, →ISBN:
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