undrown
undrown verb: to remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood.
Verb
undrown (third-person singular simple present undrowns, present participle undrowning, simple past and past participle undrowned)
- To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood.
- All available pumps were put into action to undrown the fifty-acre working area behind it.1956, Helen Marie Newell, The Hardhats, page 210
- Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms, page 143
Forms of undrown
| third-person singular present | undrowns |
|---|---|
| present participle | undrowning |
| past participle | undrowned |
| past | undrowned |
Origin of undrown
From un- + drown.
Questions about undrown
- What does undrown mean?
- Undrown means to remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood.
- What part of speech is undrown?
- Undrown is a verb.
- What is the past tense of undrown?
- The past tense of undrown is undrowned.
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