verb
- Flow off gradually.
- usage: "The rain water drains into this big vat"
- Deplete of resources.
- usage: "The exercise class drains me of energy"
- synonyms: drain
- Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from.
- usage: "We drained the oil tank"
- synonyms: drain
- Make weak.
- usage: "Life in the camp drained him"
- synonyms: enfeeble, debilitate, drain
adjective
- Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e. G. Water or other liquid. )
- usage: "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man... Not caring any longer about anything"
- Very tired.
- synonyms: knackered
- Drained of electric charge; discharged.
- usage: "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
- synonyms: dead
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