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drain
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- pronunciation:
- dreIn
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- down the drain
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
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
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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
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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 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
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definition 6: |
(of land) to shed (rainwater or agricultural water).
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related words: |
fatigue, imbibe, kill, leak, spend, strain, tire, try, void, wear, weary |
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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
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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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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 |
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phrase: |
down the drain |
derivations: |
drainable (adj.), drainer (n.) |
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