drained
Use drained in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
2.
to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid: to drain a crankcase.
3.
to exhaust the resources of: to drain the treasury.
4.
to deprive of strength; tire.
verb (used without object)
5.
to flow off gradually.
6.
to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture: This land drains into the Mississippi.
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drained
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noun
Idioms 7.
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
8.
Surgery. a material or appliance for maintaining the opening of a wound to permit free exit of fluids.
9.
gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.
10.
something that causes a large or continuous outflow, expenditure, or depletion: Medical expenses were a major drain on his bank account.
11.
an act of draining.
13.
go down the drain,
a.
to become worthless or profitless.
b.
to go out of existence; disappear.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English dreynen, Old English drēhnian, drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry
before 1000; Middle English dreynen, Old English drēhnian, drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry
Related forms
drain·a·ble, adjective
drain·er, noun
o·ver·drain, verb
un·drain·a·ble, adjective
un·drained, adjective
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drain (dreɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a pipe or channel that carries off water, sewage, etc |
| 2. | an instance or cause of continuous diminution in resources or energy; depletion |
| 3. | surgery a device, such as a tube, for insertion into a wound, incision, or bodily cavity to drain off pus, etc |
| 4. | electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor into which majority carriers flow from the interelectrode conductivity channel |
| 5. | down the drain wasted |
| —vb (often foll by off) (often foll by away) | |
| 6. | to draw off or remove (liquid) from: to drain water from vegetables; to drain vegetables |
| 7. | to flow (away) or filter (off) |
| 8. | (intr) to dry or be emptied as a result of liquid running off or flowing away: leave the dishes to drain |
| 9. | (tr) to drink the entire contents of (a glass, cup, etc) |
| 10. | (tr) to consume or make constant demands on (resources, energy, etc); exhaust; sap |
| 11. | (intr) to disappear or leave, esp gradually: the colour drained from his face |
| 12. | (tr) (of a river, etc) to carry off the surface water from (an area) |
| 13. | (intr) (of an area) to discharge its surface water into rivers, streams, etc |
| [Old English drēahnian; related to Old Norse drangr dry wood; see | |
| 'drainable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
drain
O.E. dreahnian, from P.Gmc. *draug-, source of "drought, dry," giving the English word originally a sense of "make dry." Figurative meaning of "exhaust" is attested from 1650s. Related: Drained; draining. The noun is from 1550s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
drain (drān)
n.
A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or into a body or dental cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material. v. drained, drain·ing, drains
To draw off a liquid gradually as it forms.
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Slang Dictionary
drain
v. [IBM] Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline.
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Example sentences
When power and resources are exhausted, then the homeland is drained.
Cellphones aren't the only things whose batteries always seem drained.
Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained.
Grows well on poorly drained flood plains and well-drained hilly uplands.
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