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undrown

verb

Etymology

From un- + drown.

  1. inherited from drownen
  2. prefixed as undrown — “un + drown”

Definitions

  1. To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded)

    To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA