Synonyms

run_out

Examples

"The rain water drains into this big vat"

Used in print

Or you could wish your daddy would really do it - kill Gratt_Shafer like he said when you all_the_time , all_along , could feel the nerve draining out of him like air out of a punctured tire when you are on a muddy road alone and it is raining and at night .

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run

Examples

"We drained the oil tank"

Used in print

Poach the apples in_this syrup for twelve minutes , drain them , and cool .

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empty bleed

Synonyms

sap

Examples

"The exercise class drains me of energy"

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consume run_down

Synonyms

drainage

Used in print

As the camp emptied , it was refilled by a draining of the camps and towns around Lublin , then by deportees from outside Poland .

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emptying

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tube surgery

Synonyms

flow_off flow_away

Examples

"The water drained from the pipe"

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empty

Synonyms

debilitate enfeeble

Examples

"Life in the camp drained him"

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weaken waste infirmity

Synonyms

waste_pipe drainpipe

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pipe sewer trap soil_pipe scupper culvert

Examples

"a drain on resources" "a drain of young talent by emmigration"

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depletion brain_drain drawing