drain
To lose liquidTo lose liquid.
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Meaning
10 senses(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
(intransitive)To flow gradually.
The water of low ground drains off.
flow off gradually
(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
(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
(transitive)To deplete of energy or resources.
The stress of this job is really draining me.
leeren, entladen
истоща́тьistoščátʹ, истощи́тьistoščítʹ
висна́жуватиvysnážuvaty
deplete of resources
(transitive)To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
(intransitive)To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
(slang, transitive)To make a shot.
make weak
(obsolete, transitive)To filter.
(archaic, slang, transitive)To drink.
Examples
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West GermanInherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-, from *dʰer-. Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.
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Forms
drains, draining, drained, drainedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonyms- flow off gradually:run out
- make weak:enfeebledebilitate
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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