Undrown

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood. rare, transitive

    "All available pumps were put into action to undrown the fifty-acre working area behind it."

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"All available pumps were put into action to undrown the fifty-acre working area behind it."

Etymology

From un- + drown.

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