Meanings
plural drainages
- countableuncountableA natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
It should move NR away from previous examples of repairs that have treated the symptoms (fixing the landslip) but not fixed the underlying cause (poor drainage), with the result that a second slip followed.
2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Landslips: NR strives to turn back the tide”, in RAIL, number 985, page 35 - countableuncountableA system of drains.
- countableuncountableA downward wind.
In the forward part of the cyclone, drainage katabasis is checked; but its highest intensity is observed in the rear part of the cyclone.
1960, N. P. Rusin, “The Radiation Balance of the Snow Surface of Antarctica”, in OG Krichak, editor, Scientific Conference on Problems of Meteorology of the Antarctic (Abstracts of Reports)(USSR)., page 29
Synonyms & antonyms
nounemptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰrewgʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*draugiz
- Proto-Germanic*drauhnōną
- Proto-West Germanic*drauhnōn
- Old Englishdrēahnian
- Middle English*dreinen
- Englishdrain
- Englishdrainage
Translations
Arabic تَصْرِيف
- تَصْرِيف (taṣrīf)removal of fluid
Bulgarian дренаж
- дренаж (drenaž)removal of fluid
Catalan drenatge
- drenatgeremoval of fluid
Chinese Mandarin 排水
- 排水 (páishuǐ)removal of fluid
Czech odvodnění, drenáž
- odvodněníremoval of fluid
- drenážremoval of fluid
Danish dræning, afvanding
- dræningremoval of fluid
- afvandingremoval of fluid
Dutch drainage, afwatering
- drainageremoval of fluid
- afwateringremoval of fluid
Finnish salaojaverkko
- salaojaverkkoremoval of fluid
French drainage
- drainageremoval of fluid
German Entwässerung, Drainage
- Entwässerungremoval of fluid
- Drainageremoval of fluid
Hebrew נִקּוּז
- נִקּוּז (nikuz)removal of fluid
Hungarian lecsapolás
- lecsapolásremoval of fluid
Indonesian drainase
- drainaseremoval of fluid
Italian drenaggio
- drenaggioremoval of fluid
Norwegian Bokmål drenering
- dreneringremoval of fluid
Polish drenaż
- drenażremoval of fluid
Portuguese drenagem
- drenagemremoval of fluid
Romanian drenaj, drenare
- drenajremoval of fluid
- drenareremoval of fluid
Russian дрена́ж
- дрена́ж (drenáž)removal of fluid
Spanish drenaje, desagüe
- drenajeremoval of fluid
- desagüeremoval of fluid
Tagalog sakati
- sakatiremoval of fluid
Turkish drenaj
- drenajremoval of fluid
Vietnamese hệ thống thoát nước
- hệ thống thoát nướcremoval of fluid
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
drainage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drainage
“drainage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drainage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drainage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drainage.
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