drain

1. (intransitive)To lose liquid.

   The clogged sink drained slowly.

   Knock knock. / Who’s there? / Dwayne. / Dwayne who? / Drain the bathtub, I’m drowning.

   протека́тьprotekátʹ, течьtečʹ, проса́чиватьсяprosáčivatʹsja

   empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

2. (intransitive)To flow gradually.

   The water of low ground drains off.

   flow off gradually

3. (ergative, transitive)To cause liquid to flow out of.

   Please drain the sink. It’s full of dirty water.

   entwässern, abfließen lassen, ablassen

   спуска́тьspuskátʹ, спусти́тьspustítʹ, слива́тьslivátʹ

   спуска́тиspuskáty, спусти́тиspustýty

4. (ergative, transitive)To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

   They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.

   trocknen, trockenlegen

   осуша́тьosušátʹ, осуши́тьosušítʹ

   вису́шуватиvysúšuvaty

5. (transitive)To deplete of energy or resources.

   The stress of this job is really draining me.

   leeren, entladen

   истоща́тьistoščátʹ, истощи́тьistoščítʹ

   висна́жуватиvysnážuvaty

   deplete of resources

6. (transitive)To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.

7. (intransitive)To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

8. (slang, transitive)To make a shot.

   make weak

9. (obsolete, transitive)To filter.

10. (archaic, slang, transitive)To drink.

1. The water will soon drain away.

   ruВода скоро вытечет.

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2. We need to drain our swimming pool.

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3. I wonder why they drained the pool.

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4. If the drain clogs up, use this.

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5. The school drains the pool once a month.

   deDie Schule entleert den Pool einmal pro Monat.

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regular · Lesson

• drain outTo empty (something) completely of liquids; to drain completely.
• drain awayTo diminish over time; to disappear or leak out gradually.