drain
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration.
undrained
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a word derived from
drain.
Example Sentences
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The ratio is simple: Blend a single can of undrained black beans until creamy and completely smooth.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2022
She also used undrained tinned chickpeas – for her, the gloop the chickpeas came in was an essential part of the sauce.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2020
The Great Fen Project in Cambridgeshire seeks to connect the last fragments of undrained fen and restore a unique wetland once home to the extinct large copper butterfly.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2017
The countryside, once flourishing despite poor soil, and the supplier of a fifth of Germany’s wheat, lies undrained and neglected after decades of collectivization.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2011
Till then, in many parishes, no farmer could keep sheep through the winter, and no place was reckoned so fatal to these animals as the undrained, and unsheltered parish of Eskdale-Muir, in Dumfriesshire.
From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Ambrose Blacklock
