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top-drain

top-drain verb: to drain the surface of (a field, farm, etc.).

Verb

top-drain (third-person singular simple present top-drains, present participle top-draining, simple past and past participle top-drained)

  1. (transitive) To drain the surface of (a field, farm, etc.).
  2. To drain water or fluid from the top of a water heater or heating system, rather than from the bottom.

Forms of top-drain

third-person singular presenttop-drains
present participletop-draining
past participletop-drained
pasttop-drained

Origin of top-drain

From top + drain.

Questions about top-drain

What does top-drain mean?
Top-drain means to drain the surface of (a field, farm, etc.).
What part of speech is top-drain?
Top-drain is a verb.
What is the past tense of top-drain?
The past tense of top-drain is top-drained.

Words near top-drain in the dictionary

  1. top-chain
  2. top-chains
  3. top-class
  4. top-dimensional
  5. top-down
  6. top-drain
  7. top-drained
  8. top-draining
  9. top-drains
  10. top-drawer
  11. top-dress

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