What is another word for drain?
Synonyms for drain
dreɪndrain
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Princeton's WordNet
drain, drainagenoun
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
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drainpipe, waste pipe, drainagedrainnoun
tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
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drainpipe, waste pipe, drainagedrain, drainpipe, waste pipenoun
a pipe through which liquid is carried away
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drainpipe, waste pipe, drainagedrainverb
a gradual depletion of energy or resources
"a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"
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drainpipe, waste pipe, drainagedrain, run outverb
flow off gradually
"The rain water drains into this big vat"
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bolt, bolt out, give out, fail, peter out, run off, poop out, run down, conk out, beetle off, debilitate, run out, spill, enfeeble, expiredrainverb
deplete of resources
"The exercise class drains me of energy"
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run out, debilitate, enfeebledrainverb
empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
"We drained the oil tank"
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run out, debilitate, enfeebleenfeeble, debilitate, drainverb
make weak
"Life in the camp drained him"
Synonyms:
run out, debilitate, enfeeble
Dictionary of English Synonymes
drainverb
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draw offdrainverb
drainverb
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make dry, clear of water or moisturedrainverb
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flow offdrainverb
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become drydrainnoun
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sewer, channel, trench, water-course
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2158 | drop | |
#2386 | brain | |
#2507 | dry | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2964 | empty | |
#3350 | draw | |
#6612 | strain | |
#7229 | sink | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8539 | drain | |
#8817 | drainage | |
#9798 | bolt | |
#10058 | sewer | |
#11777 | spill | |
#12853 | expire | |
#13175 | exodus | |
#17226 | leakage | |
#18398 | drip | |
#20916 | drains | |
#26270 | draining | |
#28247 | outflow | |
#32560 | evacuate | |
#36632 | emptying | |
#53519 | siphon | |
#60362 | wastage | |
#96820 | brainpower | |
#118560 | percolate | |
#168096 | drainpipe | |
#278457 | debilitate |
How to use drain in a sentence?
It's disappointing that the man who promised to 'drain the swamp' just took a massive step away from transparency by refusing the release the White House visitor logs that the American people have grown accustomed to accessing over the last six years and that provide indispensable information about who is seeking to influence the president, the Obama administration agreed to release the visitor logs in response to our lawsuits, and despite the Trump administration's worry over 'grave national security risks and concerns,' only positives for the American people came out of them.
He will learn a lesson if I win, you shouldn't blindly go out and endorse or cast doubts or favoritism on anybody unless you actually look at their record and not depend on the people who are running the swamp you are trying to drain.
Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes in it to drain it dry.
New York spends $ 1 billion on college financial assistance. There is a brain-drain problem.
I’m tired of the way things are being done in Washington. Donald Trump told us he wanted to drain the swamp, i’m going to go there to help him drain the swamp.
Translations for drain
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- استنزافArabic
- отводнявам, водосток, утечка, изтичам, оттичам се, пресушавам, канал, разходBulgarian
- afløb, dræne, bortlede, tappe, udtørre, spild, dræn, rende, tømmeDanish
- Abfluss, ablassenGerman
- drenar, tubo abierto, desaguar, desagüe, drenajeSpanish
- viemäri, rasite, kuseminen, tyhjentyä, kuluttaa, viedä, dreeni, nielu, tyhjentää, kuivattaa, voimatFinnish
- drainer, essorer, drain, gouffre, déshydrater, hémorragieFrench
- lefolyóHungarian
- mengurasIndonesian
- vakuigarIdo
- scolare, scolo, drenareItalian
- გამოფიტვა, მილიGeorgian
- 배수구Korean
- exhaurireLatin
- drenažasLithuanian
- awakari, waikari, awakeri, wāra, waikeriMāori
- longkangMalay
- afvoer, leeg laten lopen, leeglopen, ontwateren, uitputten, drainerenDutch
- drenereNorwegian
- osuszyć, drenażPolish
- ralo, drenar, secar, dreno, escoarPortuguese
- ch'umayQuechua
- conductă, goli, scurge, canal de scurgere, asanaRomanian
- спусти́ть, осуша́ть, слива́ть, осуши́ть, истощи́ть, сток, кана́л, протека́ть, слив, ссаньё, уте́чка, сса́чка, сочи́ться, оттека́ть, выка́чивать, спуска́ть, вы́качать, слить, истоща́ть, дрена́ж, водосто́к, водоотво́д, моче́ние, течь, проса́чиваться, у́быль, расхо́дRussian
- odtok, izsušitiSlovene
- kullojAlbanian
- avloppSwedish
- வடிகால்Tamil
- спусти́ти, вису́шувати, спуска́ти, висна́жуватиUkrainian
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