Drain
[dreɪn] or [dren]
Definition
(noun.) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it.
(noun.) a gradual depletion of energy or resources; 'a drain on resources'; 'a drain of young talent by emigration'.
(noun.) a pipe through which liquid is carried away.
(noun.) tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material.
(verb.) empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; 'We drained the oil tank'.
(verb.) deplete of resources; 'The exercise class drains me of energy'.
(verb.) flow off gradually; 'The rain water drains into this big vat'.
Edited by Bonita--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
(v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
(v. t.) To filter.
(v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
(v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
(n.) The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
(n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
(n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
Typed by Benjamin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Draw off.[2]. Empty, exhaust.[3]. Make dry, clear of water or moisture.
v. n. [1]. Flow off.[2]. Become dry.
n. Sewer, channel, trench, water-course.
Checked by Darren
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Draw, strain, drip, percolate, drop, exhaust, empty, dry
ANT:Replenish, fill, supply, pour, moisten, drown, inundate, drench, swill
Checker: Sigmund
Definition
v.t. to draw off by degrees: to filter: to clear of water by drains: to make dry: to drink dry: to exhaust.—v.i. to flow off gradually.—n. a watercourse: a ditch: a sewer: (slang) a drink: exhausting expenditure.—adj. Drain′able.—ns. Drain′age the drawing off of water by rivers or other channels: the system of drains in a town; Drain′age-basin the area of land which drains into one river; Drain′age-tube a tube of silver india-rubber glass &c. introduced by a surgeon into a wound or abscess to draw off pus &c.; Drain′er a utensil on which articles are placed to drain; Drain′ing-en′gine a pumping-engine for mines &c.; Drain′ing-plough a form of plough used in making drains; Drain′-pipe; Drain′-tile; Drain′-trap a contrivance for preventing the escape of foul air from drains but admitting the water into them.
Inputed by Franklin
Examples
- A drain for the boy,' said Toby, half-filling a wine-glass. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I should like to take a great deal of land, and drain it, and make a little colony, where everybody should work, and all the work should be done well. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To preserve meat immerse for twenty minutes in the hot solution, after which let it drain for one hour; then pack in a well-closed vessel. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- She sucked the blood: she said she'd drain my heart, said Mason. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I assure you that two thousand pounds would be a drain upon her resources, and that the sum you name is utterly beyond her power. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The enclosure of Norland Common, now carrying on, is a most serious drain. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He was always a man of iron nerve, and the story is still told in India how he crawled down a drain after a wounded man-eating tiger. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a bath in that corner, from which the water had been hastily drained off. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Of late it had been easy enough for me to look sad: a cankering evil sat at my heart and drained my happiness at its source--the evil of suspense. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As she spoke, she drained the basin into the ashes of the fire, and broke the bottle on the hearth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The lack of water caused not only personal inconvenience and business paralysis, but it occasioned real danger of disease through unflushed sewers and insufficiently drained pipes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He raised the glass to his lips as we went in and drained it at a draught. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The effervescence of boys on the street, wasted and perverted through neglect or persecution, was drained and applied to fine uses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Fortifying himself with this assurance, Sikes drained the glass to the bottom, and then, with many grumbling oaths, called for his physic. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Gutters and pipes had burst, drains had overflowed, and streets were under water. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My own family drains me to the last penny. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is certainly an unpleasant thing, replied Mr. Dashwood, to have those kind of yearly drains on one's income. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Not the drains, I hope? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In a farm where all the necessary buildings, fences, drains, communications, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When water falls upon a field, it soaks into the ground, or collects in puddles which slowly evaporate, or it runs off and drains into small streams or into rivers. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Their buildings were furnished wi th systems of drains and flushes that seem to us altogether modern. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There is no art which one government sooner learns of another, than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The absence of all valves renders it very suitable for draining marshes, and for other similar purposes, as the muddy water and suspended matters will not obstruct its action. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In those countries, the universities are continually draining the church of all its most eminent men of letters. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sometimes, I walk; sometimes, I proceed in cabs, draining the pocket of the schoolmaster who then follows in cabs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She poured out a cup, and drank it with a frightful avidity, which seemed desirous of draining the last drop in the goblet. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Garth has drawn me in uncommonly with repairs, draining, that sort of thing: I'm uncommonly out of pocket with one thing or another. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The knight made his obeisance, and showed his sense of the honour by draining a huge goblet in answer to it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Wyatt