draineth

Verb

drain (third-person singular simple present drains, present participle draining, simple past and past participle drained)

1. (intransitive) To lose liquid.
   • The clogged sink drained slowly.
2. (intransitive) To flow gradually.
   • The water of low ground drains off.
3. (ergative, transitive) To cause liquid to flow out of.
   • Please drain the sink. It’s full of dirty water.

   Synonyms:

   bleed

4. (ergative, transitive) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
   • They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
5. (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
   • The stress of this job is really draining me.
6. (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
   • Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

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