main drain

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• main drain — noun : the principal lengthwise pipe of a ship s bilge drainage system …   Useful english dictionary

• main — {{11}}main (adj.) early 13c., large, bulky, strong, from O.E. mægen power, strength, force, used in compounds (e.g. mægensibb great love, mægenbyrðen heavy burden; see MAIN (Cf. main) (n.)), probably also from or influenced by O.N. megenn (adj.)… …   Etymology dictionary

• Drain — (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained} (dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.] 1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• drain off — [phrasal verb] drain off (something) or drain (something) off a : to cause (a liquid) to flow away from something or to leave the surface of something When the beans have cooked long enough to be tender, drain off the water and set them aside. b …   Useful english dictionary

• drain-tile — drainˈ tile noun • • • Main Entry: ↑drain …   Useful english dictionary

• drain-trap — drainˈ trap noun A contrivance for preventing the escape of foul air from drains, while admitting water to them • • • Main Entry: ↑drain …   Useful english dictionary

• Main Azaad Hoon — Directed by Tinnu Anand Written by Javed Akhtar Starring Amitabh Bachchan Shabana Azmi Music by …   Wikipedia

• Drain cleaner — A drain cleaner is a consumer product or device that unblocks sewer pipes or helps to prevent the occurrence of clogged drains; the term may also refer to the individual who performs the activity. Drain cleaners can be classified in three… …   Wikipedia

• Drain-waste-vent system — DWV redirects here. For other uses, see Deformed wing virus. Detail of soil stack, which is connected to the sewer and vented at the top. In modern plumbing, a drain waste vent (or DWV) is part of a system that removes sewage and greywater from a …   Wikipedia

• Main Turkmen Canal — The Main Turkmen Canal was a large scale irrigation project in Soviet Turkmenistan. The canal was intended to transport water from the Amu Darya river to Krasnovodsk (now Türkmenbaşy), a city in Turkmenistan on the coast of the Caspian Sea. The… …   Wikipedia

• drain — [OE] The underlying meaning of drain seems to be ‘making dry’. It comes ultimately from *draug , the same prehistoric Germanic base as produced English drought and dry, and in Old English it meant ‘strain through a cloth or similar porous medium’ …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins