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drain English

Meaning drain meaning

What does drain mean?
Definitions in simple English

drain Noun

— A drain is a hole, sometimes in the bottom of a basin, to let water flow out, and a pipe attached to the hole. After you wash, you should drain the water from the bath.

drain Verb

— Someone drains something when they take the water or other liquid out of it. She drained her cup in one gulp. The workers drained the wet land to make it a dry place to build houses.

drain

— verb flow off gradually The rain water drains into this big vat — verb deplete of resources The exercise class drains me of energy — noun emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it — verb empty of liquid; drain the liquid from We drained the oil tank — noun a gradual depletion of energy or resources a drain on resources a drain of young talent by emigration — noun a pipe through which liquid is carried away — noun tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material — verb make weak Life in the camp drained him

Synonyms drain synonyms

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drain English » English

gutter ditch sewer empty channel exhaust strain draw out conduit dry drainage discharge waste pipe unload spill filter duct drainpipe drainage ditch deplete canal trench sluice sink run out pour out pour overflow milk gully evacuate enfeeble drip drink up culvert bleed wear out wear watercourse water-course void use up unpack unburden tube trickle tap squeeze shed sap

Topics drain topics

What do people use drain to talk about?
States Quantity Full

Empty
Universe, creation Water

Movement of water
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Flow
Universe, creation Water Wet

Dry
Person Body condition

Tired
Work and occupation Occupation

Working with water
Work and occupation Occupation Working with water

Plumber
States Quantity More

Decrease

Conjugation drain conjugation

How do you conjugate drain?

drain · verb

Examples drain examples

How do I use drain in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The drain is clogged again.
That is money down the drain.
That's money down the drain.
No, you may not put the colander on your head; you can be an astronaut after I drain the pasta.
All the efforts went down the drain.
This country suffers from brain drain.
I hate it when hair clogs the drain.
Drain the pasta into the colander.
He unclogged the drain.
Tom unclogged the drain.
The plumber pumped out the water in order to drain the pipe.
I spent my whole morning all in tears trying to fish my wedding ring from the drain.
It's money down the drain.
The water will soon drain away.
Use a strainer to drain the pasta.

Movie subtitles

Should I ever be born again, I'll flush myself down the drain.
I' gonna get me a whole big bunch of grapes off a bush and I' gonna squash 'em all over my face and let the juice drain down off of my chin.
Oh, well, the seacocks are the valves to drain out the boat, and they're always kept tight closed when you're afloat.
I'll drain the water.
Start drain pumps on the after-bilges and stand by.
And he will fasten on it and drain it dry, just as he did his homeland.
Just down the drain with Alicia, that's where she belongs.
Drop it in the drain.
One of destiny's merry pranks. After all, you didn't personally drain the gasoline tank yourself.
Three years down the drain.
Probably gone down the storm drain. - Storm drain?
Leon, drain out the surplus, and let her cool.
We'll just drain the pollywogs out and save the grog.
The rains will just flood us rotten if those drain ditches aren't finished.
We were up to our knees in water trying to get a drain ditch through to the main channel.
The inheritance is down the drain!
They might better drain the swamps and clean up the city.
The drain on the treasury.
Leave your car. I'll drain the water.
If we could just drain the English Channel, we might find a penny.
What a pity to see him drain out like a stuck pig.
Did you, by any chance, authorize a drain? - Of course I didn't.
In order to conserve the white calf meat, he beheads the animal to drain all the blood.
After all, you didn't personally drain the gasoline tank yourself.
I'm gonna drain everything out of those years there is to get.
It mightn't be any good. Probably gone down the storm drain.
If you had a drain.
I'm gonna get me a whole big bunch of grapes off a bush and I'm gonna squash them all over my face and let the juice drain down off of my chin.
Chances are, my wells will drain off every drop of oil and leave your property valueless.
The seacocks are the valves to drain out the boat.
You scour the drain boards.
What could I do, drop him down the drain?
We'll just drain the polliwogs out and save the grog.
You spent too much time with the Jesuits, M. Drain.
It warms my heart, M. Drain.
M. Drain, throw these hooligans out of here.
And M. Drain. I even paid Germaine, Sabine, Therese.

News and current affairs

How can you go home again if the sea has been sucked down a vast drain that opened up beneath it, emptying it who knows where, into a void?
Today, Western universities are replete with distinguished Arab scholars in almost every field - the result of a brain drain that itself reflects the Islamic world's centuries of decline.
The brain drain to the Anglo-Saxon countries, the US in particular, is astounding.
Excessive social welfare spending (mainly public pensions) and the cost of servicing the public debt drain resources from more productive government spending and impose a high tax burden.
Even if fossil-fuel-powered electricity prices remain constant, Copenhagen's wind turbines become a net drain.
More importantly, foreign brains now drain to Spain!
Becoming a committed European player, fostering foreign direct investment, including venture businesses, promoting financial services and IT resulted in a formidable brain drain reversal for Ireland.
So a brain drain can be a good thing for recipient countries and also for brain exporting countries.
Good, that is, if the drain is reversed one day.
Finally, Russia has a staggering demographic problem, characterized by a shrinking population, life expectancy far below the advanced-country average, and a growing brain drain.
Instead, state finances are an increasing drain on overall government finance, as they have deteriorated extensively.
No surprise, then, that a brain drain has developed.
What is surprising in the face of this brain drain is the power of the lobby of university professors in Europe to block reform.
If Iraq's prospects are as dismal as my analysis suggests, any international contribution to the US-driven reconstruction effort is likely to be little more than money flushed down the drain.
Today's brain drain is not only from emerging and developing countries to richer countries, but also from European countries to the US.
Indeed, many of Spain's best minds have returned home. More importantly, foreign brains now drain to Spain!
So a brain drain can be a good thing for recipient countries and also for brain exporting countries. Good, that is, if the drain is reversed one day.
And, if the project somehow is completed, it will be a not-so-high-speed rail that will drain badly needed resources from other essential government services for many decades.
Simply put, governments can no longer afford to drain precious time and money that could be better spent elsewhere by locking up people for drug-related offenses.
Even in countries with no imperial past, but with an enduring migratory tradition, like Ireland, the brain drain to Australia and North America is accelerating.
For Iraq, this is a brain drain that will be hard to repair.
Direct delivery of medical help is one of the best options, but it still can be a huge drain on already-scarce local resources - hospitals, doctors, and nurses.
If such people cannot be appeased, or if they panic for no particular reason, then everything goes down the drain.
Such data upend the conventional wisdom that migrants are a drain on public services.
How can we drain the public-policy swamp?

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