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drain
- pronunciation:
- dreIn
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- down the drain
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
drained, draining, drains |
| definition 1: |
to remove a liquid from, esp. by means of flow through a pipe.
Should I drain the bathtub?- similar words:
- bleed, broach, draw, exhaust, pump, sap, siphon, sluice, tap
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| definition 2: |
to gradually remove (a liquid).
She drained the antifreeze from her car radiator.- similar words:
- discharge, empty, remove, tap, withdraw
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| definition 3: |
to make empty by drinking the contents of.
He drained his glass in one gulp.- synonyms:
- drink, finish off
- similar words:
- consume, down, empty, polish off
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| definition 4: |
to cause to be used up; exhaust.
The hard labor drained his strength.- synonyms:
- deplete, exhaust, spend, use up, waste
- antonyms:
- replenish
- similar words:
- enervate, milk, sap
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| related words: |
fatigue, imbibe, kill, leak, run out of, spend, strain, tire, try, void, wear, weary |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to flow away a little at a time.
The child watched the water drain out of the bathtub.- synonyms:
- ooze, trickle
- similar words:
- dribble, drip, effuse, exude, flow, leak
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| definition 2: |
to be emptied of a liquid.
The clog wouldn't allow the bathtub to drain.- synonyms:
- empty out
- similar words:
- bleed, discharge, tear
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| related words: |
empty, ooze |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a device, such as a pipe, by means of which a liquid is drained.
There is a clog somewhere in the drain.
- synonyms:
- conduit, pipe, siphon, tube
- similar words:
- culvert, outlet, pump, tap
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| definition 2: |
a continuous and gradual depletion.
Leaving the interior light on caused a drain on the car's battery.The war caused a drain on the male population in the countryside.- synonyms:
- decrement, dwindling, expenditure
- similar words:
- consumption, dissipation, erosion, shrinkage, usage
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| definition 3: |
the cause of a continuous and gradual depletion.
Doctors' bills are a drain on our savings.- synonyms:
- consumer
- similar words:
- expenditure, expense
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| definition 4: |
the act or process of draining.
- synonyms:
- bleeding, tapping
- similar words:
- discharge, emptying
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| related words: |
consumer, demand, gully, launder, leak, overflow, tax |
| phrase: |
down the drain |
| derivations: |
drainable (adj.), drainer (n.) |
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