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Defenition of the word drain

    • Defenition of the word drain

      • A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
      • To cause liquid to flow out.
      • An artificial waterway for carrying storm water or industrial discharge.
      • A street drainage system building component that serves as intake of surface water on paved surfaces and leads it to underground drainage facilities, such as the sewer tunnel.
      • a gradual depletion; "a drain on resources"
      • empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
      • emptying accomplished by draining
      • a pipe through which liquid is carried away
      • flow off or away gradually; "The water drained from the pipe"
      • flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"
      • drain of resources
      • make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
      • a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"
      • tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
      • deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"
      • emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
      • a gradual depletion of energy or resources
      • make weak
      • empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
      • deplete of resources
      • flow off gradually

    Synonyms for the word drain

      • debilitate
      • drainage
      • drainpipe
      • enfeeble
      • flow away
      • flow off
      • run out
      • sap
      • waste pipe

    Hyponyms for the word drain

      • brain drain
      • cloaca
      • culvert
      • drawing
      • drawing off
      • emaciate
      • macerate
      • scupper
      • sewer
      • sewerage
      • soil pipe
      • trap
      • waste

    Hypernyms for the word drain

      • consume
      • course
      • deplete
      • depletion
      • discharge
      • eat
      • eat up
      • empty
      • emptying
      • evacuation
      • exhaust
      • feed
      • flow
      • pipage
      • pipe
      • piping
      • run
      • run through
      • tube
      • tubing
      • use up
      • voidance
      • weaken
      • wipe out

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