drain
verb
[ dreɪn ]
• cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.
• "we drained the swimming pool"
• deprive of strength or vitality.
• "his limbs were drained of all energy"
• (of a player) hole (a putt).
• "whenever he did hit a green, he drained the putt"
drain
noun
• a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.
Similar:
sewer,
channel,
conduit,
ditch,
culvert,
duct,
pipe,
tube,
gutter,
groove,
furrow,
trough,
trench,
cut,
sluice,
spillway,
race,
flume,
chute,
• a thing that uses up a particular resource.
• "nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse"
Similar:
strain,
demand,
pressure,
burden,
load,
imposition,
tax,
outflow,
sapping,
depletion,
Origin:
Old English drēahnian, drēhnian ‘strain (liquid’), of Germanic origin; related to dry.
