DRAINAGE


Meaning of DRAINAGE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a drainage ditch (= for water to drain away into )

They were digging a drainage ditch.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

adequate

Remove foil covering and place plant on a gravel-filled saucer to allow adequate drainage .

Without adequate drainage , lowland pasture can be used for little else.

He says that the drains are adequate , other drainage measures may need to be taken.

The insertion of an endoprosthesis was successful in establishing adequate biliary drainage in all the patients.

biliary

Two of our 20 patients required further biliary drainage .

However, this plan of management is advisable only if biliary drainage has been established.

The insertion of an endoprosthesis was successful in establishing adequate biliary drainage in all the patients.

Also, surgical morbidity related to biliary drainage remains high in these alcoholic and often debilitated patients.

good

The first essential of healthy soil life is air, and this means good subsoil drainage and adequate inter-crumb pores.

Ixora is tropical and at its best with excellent drainage and bright light.

The rubble would make good drainage .

natural

Pressure jetting followed by natural drainage , squeegee assisted, or by wet vacuum. 5.

Now the natural drainage systems are incised 20 feet below the surrounding landscape.

Bad natural drainage and heavy rain created this pond.

Climbs can weep for a while after heavy rain, but the rock away from the natural drainage lines dries quickly.

Massive soil erosion and disruption of the natural drainage pattern destroyed the land's productivity.

■ NOUN

canal

From Imperial Beach to Oceanside, drainage canals are being cleaned earlier and with extra attention.

channel

On the north-east corner is the cellar, complete with winter bee boles and a drainage channel out to the moat.

The people of the Middle Ages inherited sea-walls and drainage channels which had survived from the Roman occupation.

But these were hardly distinguishable from drainage channels , having none of the features that we associate with canals.

ditch

Farm drainage ditches ensure that water runs directly into streams rather than being filtered through the soil.

A drainage ditch , for example, has an impact far beyond itself.

Much of it is below sea level and only innumerable drainage ditches prevent it from reverting to its natural state.

A drainage ditch around them would probably do more good than anything else.

Many drainage ditches are, however, fringed with reeds.

At one stage the whole congregation went outside to see where the drainage ditch would be sited.

Bear right to cross the drainage ditch by the stone bridge.

Puzzling over this, I nearly miss a water rail which scuttles off down a drainage ditch towards the loch of Westsandwick.

land

She works with Caleb Garth on a project of land drainage and cottage building.

In fact, the technocrats of land drainage are heirs to one of the oldest forms of organized local government.

The problem has been compounded by other factors, including increased water abstraction and land drainage .

These criticisms have often been the crux of the public case against land drainage .

Subsequent work included canal and river navigation, land drainage , and harbour projects, as well as a brief venture into canal contracting.

It helped set in motion renewed enthusiasm for tree clearance in upland catchment areas as yet another aspect of the land drainage solution.

Much of the land drainage quoted above for Cantal may be associated with remembrement.

pipe

Gas and drainage pipes had broken as a result of the settlement and there was a risk of further breaks.

They donned black armbands mourning the cattails and circulated petitions to have the offending drainage pipe removed.

I then decided to try putting the plants in a piece of plastic drainage pipe .

On top of a neck the diameter of a drainage pipe was a head with a totally expressionless moonlike face.

problem

There is rarely a drainage problem with paths, as there sometimes is with patios.

The newly crowned King decided something had finally to be done about the drainage problems of Teske.

project

Together with Thames Water, it's just finished a £350,000 drainage project for the Middleton Road area.

But that did not stop the drainage project .

scheme

In addition they must pay heavy rates for the major drainage schemes .

Farmers are looking for free drainage schemes and for ways of selling their land to us.

system

The drainage system over some sections of route has had to be refurbished or renewed.

Now the natural drainage systems are incised 20 feet below the surrounding landscape.

A urinary catheter had been inserted and was draining into a sealed drainage system .

Bob carried out immediate treatment and reassured the client that the infestation would not recur because the drainage system had been replaced.

To him the deposits of the migrating Po drainage system will appear to be synchronous.

The aim is to improve the drainage system .

■ VERB

improve

Last year an attempt was made to improve the drainage to stop flooding and reduce erosion.

They hope these wells will improve drainage and safety on the roadway, which has been subject to periodic closures.

The two together make poor, dry soil more moisture-retentive, and improve the drainage in heavy soils.

In Jakarta, the government gives squatters title to their plots in return for help in building footpaths and improving drainage .

The aim is to improve the drainage system.

Marketed as blocks of pure coir or as loose compost mixed with additives to improve drainage .

provide

Their use in malignant strictures provides immediate drainage , avoiding the early complications encountered with plastic stents.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

drainage ditches

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

About 80 percent of the drainage goes to a treatment plant and about 20 percent flows to these waterways.

And where proven strength and reliability are called for, clay drainage is its own guarantee.

Farm drainage ditches ensure that water runs directly into streams rather than being filtered through the soil.

Gas and drainage pipes had broken as a result of the settlement and there was a risk of further breaks.

Much of it is below sea level and only innumerable drainage ditches prevent it from reverting to its natural state.

The drainage system over some sections of route has also had to be refurbished or renewed.

There were no drainage ditches here, the shoulders too abrupt, the slope too precipitous, to collect water.

Together with Thames Water, it's just finished a £350,000 drainage project for the Middleton Road area.

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