Meaning

1 senses

  1. To diminish over time; to disappear or leak out gradually.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. The water will soon drain away.

    ruВода скоро вытечет. — Biga

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  2. Layla's energy was rapidly draining away.

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  3. All the color drained away from his face.

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  4. The pipe must be blocked because the water's not draining away.

    deDas Rohr muss verstopft sein, denn das Wasser fließt nicht ab. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. Handfuls of dust slowly drain away from top to bottom as time falls away.

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Forms

drains away, draining away, drained away, drained away
Base formdrain away · to drain away
3rd person singulardrains away
Present participledraining away
Past simpledrained away
Past participledrained away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrain away
he, she, itdrains away

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrained away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave drained away
he, she, ithas drained away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drain away

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dragoondrainB2drainagedrainpipedrakedramaA1
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