Found 3 items, similar to drain.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: drain
cerat, got, mengalirkan, mengeringkan, menyalurkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: drain
drain
n 1: emptying accomplished by draining [syn:
drainage]
2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to
remove unwanted material
3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn:
drainpipe,
waste pipe]
4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources;
“a drain on
resources”;
“a drain of young talent by emmigration”
drain
v 1: flow off gradually;
“The rain water drains into this big
vat” [syn:
run out]
2: deplete of resources;
“The exercise class drains me of
energy”
3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from;
“We drained the oil
tank”
4: make weak;
“Life in the camp drained him” [syn:
enfeeble,
debilitate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Drain
Drain
\Drain\, v. i.
1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
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2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as,
let the vessel stand and drain.
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Drain
\Drain\, n.
1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and
continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie
from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
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2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a
trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
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3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
[Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Box drain,
Counter drain. See under
Box,
Counter.
Right of drain (Law), an easement or servitude by which one
man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over
the estate of another. --Kent.
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Drain
\Drain\ (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Drained
(dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to
drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
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Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
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But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
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2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
as, to drain a country of its specie.
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Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
--Roscommon.
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3. To filter.
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Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon.
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