drain
1. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
drainage
• Derivationally related forms:
drain (for: drainage)
• Hypernyms:
emptying, voidance, evacuation
2. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
• Topics:
surgery
• Hypernyms:
tube, tubing
3. a pipe through which liquid is carried away
• Syn:
drainpipe, waste pipe
• Hypernyms:
pipe, pipage, piping
• Hyponyms:
culvert, scupper, sewer, sewerage, cloaca,
soil pipe, trap
4. a gradual depletion of energy or resources
- a drain on resources
- a drain of young talent by emigration
• Hypernyms:
depletion
• Hyponyms:
drawing, drawing off, brain drain
1. flow off gradually (Freq. 2)
- The rain water drains into this big vat
• Syn:
run out
• Derivationally related forms:
drainage
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- The water drains
2. deplete of resources (Freq. 1)
- The exercise class drains me of energy
• Hypernyms:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. empty of liquid;
drain the liquid from (Freq. 1)
- We drained the oil tank
• Derivationally related forms:
drainage
• Hypernyms:
empty
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They drain the water
4. make weak
- Life in the camp drained him
• Syn:
enfeeble, debilitate
• Derivationally related forms:
debilitative (for: debilitate), debility (for: debilitate), debilitation (for: debilitate), enfeeblement (for: enfeeble)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Hyponyms:
waste, emaciate, macerate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to drain Sue
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