drain drainage | emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it |
drain | a gradual depletion of energy or resources, a drain on resources, a drain of young talent by emigration |
brain drain | depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel |
distribution channel channel | a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors, possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores |
channel catfish channel cat Ictalurus punctatus | freshwater food fish common throughout central United States |
blue catfish blue cat blue channel catfish blue channel cat | a large catfish of the Mississippi valley |
red drum channel bass redfish Sciaenops ocellatus | large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico |
channel | a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through, the fields were crossed with irrigation channels, gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street |
channel television channel TV channel | a television station and its programs, a satellite TV channel, surfing through the channels, they offer more than one hundred channels |
chunnel Channel Tunnel | the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel |
drain drainpipe waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
drain | tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material |
drain basket | a filter in a sink drain, traps debris but passes water |
trap-and-drain auger | a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain |
duct epithelial duct canal channel | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance, the tear duct was obstructed, the alimentary canal, poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs |
channel transmission channel | a path over which electrical signals can pass, a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company |
channel communication channel line | (often plural) a means of communication or access, it must go through official channels, lines of communication were set up between the two firms |
back channel | an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government), they negotiated via a back channel |
channels | official routes of communication, you have to go through channels |
Channel Islands National Park | a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life |
Channel Island | any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France |
Bristol Channel | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England |
channel | a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels, the ship went aground in the channel |
English Channel | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain |
Mozambique Channel | an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa |
North Channel | a strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea |
groove channel | a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) |
channel capacity | the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel |
enfeeble debilitate drain | make weak, Life in the camp drained him |
drain | empty of liquid, drain the liquid from, We drained the oil tank |
surf channel-surf | switch channels, on television |
drain | deplete of resources, The exercise class drains me of energy |
drain the cup drink up | drink to the last drop, drink up--there's more wine coming |
transmit transfer transport channel channelize channelise | send from one person or place to another, transmit a message |
channel canalize canalise | direct the flow of, channel information towards a broad audience |
drain run out | flow off gradually, The rain water drains into this big vat |
impart conduct transmit convey carry channel | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, Sound carries well over water, The airwaves carry the sound, Many metals conduct heat |
stereophonic stereo two-channel | designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels |
mono monophonic single-channel | designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel |
back-channel | via a back channel, the failure of back-channel negotiations |