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Related / Similar Words: drainage, drainpipe, waste pipe, enfeeble, debilitate, run out

Definition:

emptying accomplished by draining;

a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration";

a pipe through which liquid is carried away;

tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material;

make weak; "Life in the camp drained him";

empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank";

deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy";

flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat";

Hyponyms: drawing, drawing off, brain drain, culvert, scupper, sewer, sewerage, cloaca, soil pipe, trap, waste, emaciate, macerate

Derivational Morphology: run out, infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion, drainage, drainpipe, waste pipe

Anagrams: ranid, nadir, Indra, dinar

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