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nounemptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
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Definition that contains drainage
- swamp low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
- ditch cut a trench in, as for drainage
- trench cut a trench in, as for drainage
- bog wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
- swampland low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
- waterspout a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)
- catchment a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)
- peat bog wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
- wiesenboden a dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions
- alosa chrysocloris shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima