drains
Meaning of drains
noun
- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
- An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
That rental property is a drain on our finances.
- An act of urination.
- One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- An outhole.
- A drink.
- To lose liquid.
The clogged sink drained slowly.
- To flow gradually.
The water of low ground drains off.
- To cause liquid to flow out of.
Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
- To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
- To deplete of energy or resources.
The stress of this job is really draining me.
- To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- To filter.
- To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Information about drains
- The singular form of drains is: drain.
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Hyphenation of drains
drains
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- drains is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of drains
Andris, dinars, nadirs, ranids, Sidran
Words that rhyme with drains
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