Undrown
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Undrown is a verb meaning (rare, transitive) To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood.
Meaning
(rare, transitive) To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood.
Example Sentences
All available pumps were put into action to undrown the fifty-acre working area behind it.
Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.
Word Forms
- undrowns
- undrowning
- undrowned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unflood, unwater, drown, overwash, undam, undrain.
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