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drain
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- pronunciation:
- dreIn
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
drains, draining, drained |
| definition 1: |
When you drain something, you remove the water or other liquid from it in order to make it empty or dry.
You should drain the bathtub after your bath.There used to be a swamp here, but they drained it.- similar words:
- bleed, draw, pump
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| definition 2: |
When you drain water or other liquid from something, you cause or allow the liquid to flow out of it.
The neighbors drained the water from their swimming pool last week.The mechanic drained the old oil from the car's engine.- similar words:
- empty, remove
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| definition 3: |
When a river drains an area of land, it accepts the water that runs off the land and carries it away.
The Amazon River drains the largest rainforest in the world. |
| definition 4: |
When a liquid drains, it flows out or away from something.
The little girl watched the water drain out of the bathtub.The water drains off the land in the spring and fills up the river.- similar words:
- drip, flow, leak
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| definition 5: |
When something drains, the liquid that is inside it flows out.
This bathtub drains very slowly.- synonyms:
- empty out
- similar words:
- bleed
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| definition 6: |
If something drains a person's energy or strength, it causes it to be used up completely.
Working hard in the field all day drained the man's strength.- synonyms:
- exhaust, waste
- similar words:
- milk
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| related words: |
empty, strain, tire |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A drain is a pipe or other thing that allows liquid to flow out from something. Sinks and bathtubs have drains.
The drain in the kitchen sink is blocked. It needs to be cleaned out.
- synonyms:
- pipe, tube
- similar words:
- outlet, pump
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| related words: |
demand, leak |
| derivations: |
drainable (adj.), drainer (n.) |
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