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
Not very much grass in it; it is wet, low-lying, undrained land.
From Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash
