v
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
n
The water level at which a dam's turbines are no longer able to generate power.
n
The point of debouch of a watercourse
v
(obsolete) To run as a flood.
n
An inundation or flood; a deluge.
n
Alternative spelling of downdraft [(meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole.]
n
A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
v
(transitive, of a river) To be a tributary of another river or waterway.
v
(figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
v
(idiomatic, by extension) To provide a very large quantity (of something).
adj
Alternative form of floodprone [That is prone (liable) to flooding]
adj
Characterised by a flood or flooding.
n
A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
v
(transitive) Of a river, water, etc.: to flood or flow into (a place).
n
A flood caused by a lake or reservoir overflowing.
n
The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
n
(construction) the drainage condition in which consideration has been made during design for all loading deflections of the deck and additional roof slope has been provided to ensure drainage within 48 hours following rainfall during conditions conducive to drying.
n
A condition caused by ground moisture rising up a masonry wall by capillary action
n
The runoff of surface water from rainfall.
n
contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge etc.
n
The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water.
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