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Exact Match:

drain

emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

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

a pipe through which liquid is carried away

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

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"

Synonyms:

• abate,
• ablate,
• ablation,
• abrade,
• abridge,
• absorb,
• absorption,
• abstract,
• abuse,
• achromatize,
• acquire,
• air-dry,
• anhydrate,
• assimilate,
• assimilation,
• attrition,
• bake,
• bankrupt,
• bate,
• bereave,
• blackmail,
• blanch,
• bleach,
• bleed,
• bleed white,
• blot,
• blow,
• blow out,
• bog,
• broach,
• brush,
• bugger,
• burn,
• burn up,
• burning up,
• call,
• call for,
• catch up,
• cesspool,
• channel,
• claim,
• clap hands on,
• clasp,
• claw,
• clean out,
• clear,
• clear away,
• clear off,
• clear out,
• clear the decks,
• clench,
• clinch,
• cloaca,
• cloaca maxima,
• clutch,
• conduit,
• consume,
• consumption,
• contribution,
• cripple,
• culvert,
• cure,
• curtail,
• cut off,
• de-energize,
• debilitate,
• decant,
• decolor,
• decolorize,
• decrease,
• decrement,
• deduct,
• defecate,
• defluxion,
• dehumidify,
• dehydrate,
• demand,
• demand for,
• denude,
• deplete,
• depletion,
• deplume,
• depreciate,
• depreciation,
• depress,
• deprive,
• deprive of,
• derogate,
• desiccate,
• despoil,
• detract,
• digest,
• digestion,
• dim,
• diminish,
• disable,
• disbursement,
• discharge,
• discolor,
• disenable,
• disentitle,
• disparage,
• displume,
• dissipate,
• dissipation,
• ditch,
• divest,
• down the drain,
• draft,
• draft off,
• drag,
• drain of color,
• drain of resources,
• drain off,
• drain out,
• drainage,
• draw,
• draw down,
• draw from,
• draw off,
• drench,
• dribble away,
• drink up,
• drip,
• dry,
• dull,
• dump,
• duty,
• ease one of,
• eat,
• eat away,
• eat up,
• eating up,
• ebb,
• effluence,
• efflux,
• effluxion,
• effusion,
• eliminate,
• embrace,
• empty,
• empty out,
• enfeeble,
• ennui,
• erode,
• erosion,
• etiolate,
• evacuate,
• evaporate,
• evaporation,
• exaction,
• exhalation,
• exhaust,
• exhaustion,
• expend,
• expending,
• expenditure,
• exploit,
• exsiccate,
• extortion,
• extortionate demand,
• extract,
• fade,
• fatigue,
• file away,
• find vent,
• finish,
• finish off,
• finishing,
• fire,
• flay,
• fleece,
• flow,
• flow out,
• flowoff,
• fume,
• garbage dump,
• get,
• get hold of,
• glom on to,
• gobble,
• gobble up,
• gone,
• grab,
• grab hold of,
• grapple,
• grasp,
• grip,
• gripe,
• gush,
• gush out,
• gutter,
• hamstring,
• headchute,
• heavy demand,
• hors de combat,
• hug,
• ill-use,
• impair,
• impose upon,
• imposition,
• impost,
• impoverish,
• impoverishment,
• inactivate,
• incapacitate,
• indent,
• ingest,
• ingestion,
• insistent demand,
• insolate,
• jade,
• jet,
• kennel,
• kibosh,
• kiln,
• lame,
• lay hands on,
• lay hold of,
• leach,
• leakage,
• leave,
• lessen,
• let,
• let blood,
• let out,
• levy,
• lighten one of,
• loot,
• lost,
• maim,
• make use of,
• manipulate,
• marsh,
• milk,
• mine,
• mire,
• misuse,
• mummify,
• nail,
• nip,
• nip up,
• nonnegotiable demand,
• notice,
• ooze,
• oppress,
• order,
• outfall,
• outflow,
• outflowing,
• outgo,
• outlet,
• outpour,
• outpouring,
• pale,
• pall,
• palm,
• parch,
• partake,
• peroxide,
• phlebotomize,
• pick clean,
• pillage,
• pipe,
• pipette,
• piscina,
• play on,
• pluck,
• pocket,
• possess,
• pour,
• pour out,
• presume upon,
• pump,
• pump out,
• purge,
• purify,
• put,
• quaff,
• quagmire,
• queer,
• queer the works,
• receive,
• reduce,
• reduction,
• refine,
• remove,
• requirement,
• requisition,
• retrench,
• rub,
• rub away,
• run out,
• runoff,
• rush,
• rush order,
• sabotage,
• sap,
• sapping,
• scorch,
• scour out,
• scupper,
• sear,
• seep,
• seize,
• septic tank,
• sewer,
• shear,
• shorten,
• shrink,
• shrinkage,
• shrivel,
• sink,
• siphon,
• siphon off,
• skin,
• sluice,
• sluice out,
• smoke,
• snap up,
• snatch,
• soak up,
• sough,
• spend,
• spending,
• spew out,
• spike,
• sponge,
• spout,
• spout out,
• spurt,
• squander,
• squandering,
• steal,
• strain,
• strip,
• strip bare,
• stroke,
• subduct,
• subtract,
• suck,
• suck dry,
• suck out,
• sump,
• sun,
• sun-dry,
• surge,
• swab,
• swallow,
• swallow up,
• swamp,
• sweep out,
• swill,
• take,
• take advantage of,
• take away,
• take away from,
• take by assault,
• take by storm,
• take from,
• take hold of,
• take possession,
• tap,
• tarnish,
• tax,
• taxing,
• thin,
• thin out,
• thrown away,
• tire,
• tone down,
• torrefy,
• towel,
• trench,
• tribute,
• trickle,
• ultimatum,
• unclog,
• unfit,
• unfoul,
• up the spout,
• use,
• use ill,
• use up,
• using,
• using up,
• venesect,
• vent,
• void,
• vomit forth,
• warning,
• wash out,
• wastage,
• waste,
• waste away,
• wasted,
• wastefulness,
• wasting away,
• watercourse,
• weaken,
• wear,
• wear away,
• wear down,
• wearing,
• wearing away,
• wearing down,
• weary,
• weazen,
• weed,
• weigh,
• well,
• well out,
• whip up,
• whiten,
• wing,
• wipe,
• withdraw,
• withdrawal,
• wither,
• wizen,
• work on,
• work upon,
• wreck