Meanings
verbredrain (third-person singular simple present redrains, present participle redraining, simple past and past participle redrained)
present singular third person redrains · participle present redraining · participle past redrained · past redrained
- transitiveTo drain again.
During the track renewals, advantage was taken to redrain the area and the old spent ballast was removed down to the underlying rock, new ballast and drains being provided throughout.
1950 January, “Re-Signalling at Liverpool Lime Street Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 43
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Rhymes with redrain
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APA
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“redrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redrain. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redrain,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redrain.
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