drain
Meaning of drain
verb
- cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.
we drained the swimming pool
- deprive of strength or vitality.
his limbs were drained of all energy
Ruth slumped down in her seat, drained by all that had happened
- (of a player) hole (a putt).
whenever he did hit a green, he drained the putt
- a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.
- a thing that uses up a particular resource.
nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse
Old English drēahnian, drēhnian ‘strain (liquid’), of Germanic origin; related to dry.
Information about drain
- The plural form of drain is: drains.
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Hyphenation of drain
drain
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- drain is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
drain synonyms
Meaning drainage:
Meaning drainpipe:
Meaning enfeeble:
Meaning discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc.):
Meaning remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.):
Meaning remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place:
Meaning an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter:
Meaning a hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway:
Meaning a tube or trough for protecting electric wiring:
Meaning a narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water:
Meaning a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway:
Meaning a tube or passageway in a building or machine for air, liquid, cables, etc:
Meaning a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances:
Meaning a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases:
Meaning a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater:
Meaning a long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material:
Meaning a long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation:
Meaning a channel used to convey a liquid:
Meaning a long, narrow ditch:
Meaning a stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane:
Meaning a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate:
Meaning a passage for surplus water from a dam:
Meaning a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course:
Meaning an artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber:
Meaning a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level:
Meaning a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree:
Meaning an insistent and peremptory request, made as of right:
Meaning a sense of stressful urgency caused by having too many demands on one's time or resources:
Meaning a load, typically a heavy one:
Meaning a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried:
Meaning the action or process of imposing something or of being imposed:
Meaning a strain or heavy demand:
Meaning a large amount of money, liquid, or people that moves or is transferred out of a place:
Meaning gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power):
Meaning reduction in the number or quantity of something:
drain antonyms
Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:
Translation of drain
- Spanish: drenaje, drenar, desagüe, alcantarilla, desaguadero, sumidero
- Portuguese: drenagem, drenar
- German: Abfluss
- French: drain, drainer
- Italian: svuotare
Anagrams of drain
Andri, Ardin, Darin, dinar, Drina, Indra, indra, nadir, Randi, ranid
Words that rhyme with drain
rain, arain, clarain, Brain, addlebrain, afterbrain, ambrain, beetlebrain, betweenbrain, birdbrain, brain, cockbrain, crackbrain, disbrain, endbrain, featherbrain, forebrain, giddybrain, hairbrain, harebrain, hindbrain, interbrain, lamebrain, madbrain, midbrain, minibrain, peabrain, pinbrain, rattlebrain, scatterbrain, shallowbrain, shatterbrain, shoalbrain, skipbrain, superbrain, ticklebrain, twixtbrain, waterbrain, whirlbrain, Crain, crain, Drain, afterdrain, counterdrain, overdrain, subdrain, underdrain, Colerain, Derain, berain
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