drain

Definition:
1. Emptying accomplished by draining.
2. A pipe through which liquid is carried away.
3. A gradual depletion of energy or resources.
4. Flow off gradually.
5. Deplete of resources.

Use 'drain' in a sentence:

• 1. Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain.
• 2. Military spending is a huge drain on the country's resources.
• 3. In one gulp, he drained the glass.
• 4. In turn, I soon found myself growing anxious there in that restaurant—very anxious—watching Mr. Chen and Mr. Shi drain glass after glass.
• 5. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
• 6. Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked and I'm giving a party tonight.
• 7. When people wash these clothes, microfibers go down the drain with the wash water.
• 8. His face was drained of colour.
• 9. She quickly drained the last of her drink.
• 10. The authorities have mobilized vast numbers of people to drain flooded land and build or repair dikes.
• 11. Drain and rinse the pasta.
• 12. His face was drained of all colour and animation.
• 13. The experience left her emotionally drained.
• 14. We had to call in a plumber to unblock the drain.
• 15. Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines.
• 16. This is fen country – the mills drive pumps that drain the land.
• 17. Harry felt the colour drain from his face.
• 18. There was a faint, hardly perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way towards the drain at the other.
• 19. He has no time to repair the blocked drain.
• 20. That's because quickly growing energy demand requires immense investment in new supply, not to mention the drain of rising energy prices.
• 21. He looked very ill ─ his life force seemed to have drained away.
• 22. It's just money down the drain, you know.
• 23. They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.
• 24. The drain was choked up with dirt.
• 25. Drain the pasta and toss it in melted butter.
• 26. Not in clumps, but I noticed more hairs than usual in my comb and the bath drain.
• 27. He will drain, rather than enrich, the country.
• 28. It is held there by the force of surface tension without which water would drain instantly from any wet surface, leaving it totally dry.
• 29. Endogenous rivers often do not reach the sea but drain into inland basins, where the water evaporates or is lost in the ground.
• 30. The drains smell.
• 31. A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
• 32. I pumped six ounces, and then had to pour it down the drain.
• 33. She suddenly felt totally drained.
• 34. The drains date from the beginning of the century.
• 35. She tipped the dirty water down the drain.
• 36. Leave the dishes to drain.
• 37. The main drain was blocked.
• 38. She pulled out the plug and let the water drain away.
• 39. She pulled out the plug and the water drained away.
• 40. We had to drain the oil out of the engine.
• 41. The swimming pool drains very slowly.
• 42. Safety standards have gone down the drain.
• 43. Drain off the excess fat from the meat.
• 44. My mother's hospital expenses were slowly draining my income.
• 45. The river drains into a lake.
• 46. My anger slowly drained away.
• 47. The marshes have been drained.
• 48. Drain the meat and allow it to cool.
• 49. He still felt naked and drained after his ordeal.
• 50. The water swirled down the drain.
• 51. You will need to drain the central heating system before you replace the radiator.
• 52. By contrast, dry soils are sandy and porous, their coarse textures permitting water to drain rapidly.
• 53. I felt drained of energy.