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drain

drain

 
 
pronunciation:
dreIn
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
phrases:
down the drain
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: drains, draining, drained
definition 1: to remove water or other liquid from, esp. by means of flow through a pipe.
Should I drain the bathtub?They drained the swamp to create a racecourse.
similar words:
bleed, broach, draw, exhaust, pump, sap, siphon, sluice, tap
definition 2: to remove (a liquid) by forcing or allowing it to flow out.
She drained the antifreeze from her car radiator.When the weather starts to get cold, they drain all the water from their pool.
similar words:
discharge, empty, remove, tap, withdraw
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
definition 4: to carry away the water from (an area of land).
The Amazon River drains the largest rainforest in the world.
definition 5: 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
definition 6: (of land) to shed (rainwater or agricultural water).
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition 1: to flow away gradually.
The child watched the water drain out of the bathtub.The spring rainwater drains off the land and makes the river swell.
synonyms:
ooze, trickle
similar words:
dribble, drip, effuse, exude, flow, leak
definition 2: to empty of the liquid that something contains.
The clog wouldn't allow the bathtub to drain.
synonyms:
empty out
similar words:
bleed, discharge, tear
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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
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
definition 3: the cause of a continuous and gradual depletion.
Doctors' bills are a drain on our savings.
synonyms:
consumer
similar words:
expenditure, expense
definition 4: the act or process of draining.
synonyms:
bleeding, tapping
similar words:
discharge, emptying
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phrase: down the drain
derivations: drainable (adj.), drainer (n.)
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