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Dragnet
- noun - a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
- a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"
Drained
- verb - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"
- drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
- emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything"
- empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
- flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"
- make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
- very tired
Drainer
- - One who, or that which, drains.
Drawnet
- - A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet.
Drowned
- verb - be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
- cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
- die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
- get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
- kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"
Drowner
- - One who, or that which, drowns.
Dugongs
- noun - sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
Durance
- noun - imprisonment (especially for a long time)