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drain

noun

1 drain

Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it.

synonym: drainage.

Roget 295: egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; ... show more

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Dutch: riolering, drainage, afwatering, afvoer
Polish: wysączenie

2 drain

Tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material.

Polish: dren, sączek

3 drain

A pipe through which liquid is carried away.

synonyms: drainpipe, waste pipe.

Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau [Fr.], bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; ... show more

Dutch: drain, draineerbuis, gootpijp, regenpijp
Polish: kanał

4 drain

A gradual depletion of energy or resources.

verb

1 drain

Flow off gradually:
— The rain water drains into this big vat.

synonym: run out.

Roget 818: be prodigal etc. adj.; squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth like water; blow, blow in [Slang]; pay through the nose etc. (dear) 814; spill, ... show more

Roget 638: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse etc. 73.    cast away, ... show more

Roget 662: apply a remedy etc. n.; doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster; drain; prevent ... show more

Roget 652: be clean, render clean etc. adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, ... show more

Roget 340: be dry etc. adj.. render dry etc. adj.; dry; dry up, soak up; sponge, swab, wipe; drain.    ... show more

Roget 295: emerge, emanate, issue; egress; go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of; pass out of, evacuate.    exude, transude; ... show more

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

2 drain

Deplete of resources.

3 drain

Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from.

Dutch: bemalen, leegzuigen, malen

4 drain

Make weak:
— Life in the camp drained him.

synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble.

Dutch: verzwakken, ontkrachten


Moby thesaurus: abate, ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, absorb, absorption, abstract, abuse, achromatize, acquire, air-dry, anhydrate, assimilate, assimilation, attrition, bake, bankrupt, bate, bereave ... show more.

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