Undraining
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 present participle and gerund of undrain form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 That does not drain.
"Hesiod speaks of the mysterious region where 'dark earth, misty Tartarus, the undraining sea, and the starry heaven all have their sources and extremities in order', and in Homer's account of the division by lot among the sons of Kronos 'everything' is divided up into the four portions, earth, broad heaven, hoary sea, and misty darkness."
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More examples"Hesiod speaks of the mysterious region where 'dark earth, misty Tartarus, the undraining sea, and the starry heaven all have their sources and extremities in order', and in Homer's account of the division by lot among the sons of Kronos 'everything' is divided up into the four portions, earth, broad heaven, hoary sea, and misty darkness."
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