"top-drain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: top-drains [present, singular, third-person], top-draining [participle, present], top-drained [participle, past], top-drained [past]
Etymology: top + drain Etymology templates: {{compound|en|top|drain}} top + drain Head templates: {{en-verb}} top-drain (third-person singular simple present top-drains, present participle top-draining, simple past and past participle top-drained)
  1. (transitive) To drain the surface of (a field, farm, etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-top-drain-en-verb-YIE0~9S3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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