drain

Definition

  • verb: to remove (liquid) from something by letting it flow away or out
  • verb: to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: filter, abate, ablate

Examples

  • Years of civil war have 'drained' the country 'of' its resources. [=have used up the country's resources]

  • Nothing has been done to stop the 'brain drain' as more and more doctors move away from the area.

  • When the beans have cooked long enough to be tender, 'drain off' the water and set them aside.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - I have seen nothing - What does this mean, my lord? - The king doth wake tonight and takes his muse Keeps wassail and a swaggering upspring reels, and as he drains his drafts of rhenish down... ...the kettledrum and trumpet thus bray out the triumph of his pledge - Is it a custom? (..)
    2015 Hamlet