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drain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drainage |
| Type of | voidance, emptying, evacuation |
drain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | depletion |
| Has types | drawing, drawing off, brain drain |
a drain on resources.
a drain of young talent by emigration.
Examples of drain
drain
Place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes so the yogurt can drain and thicken.
From the bostonherald.com
Last week doctors placed a tube in her head to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid.
From the bostonherald.com
Sprinkle zucchini with 1 teaspoon salt and leave to drain in a sieve for 1 hour.
From the kentucky.com
The purpose of a French drain is to direct groundwater away from the foundation.
From the sfgate.com
The only way to alleviate the pressure is to insert a tube or shunt to drain it.
From the us.cnn.com
To many, EFG is the shining example of how the Arab brain drain can be reversed.
From the time.com
Their house in Summerlin, Nev., has quickly gone from a money geyser to a drain.
From the businessweek.com
This complex is a boon to America but a drain on fledgling industries elsewhere.
From the economist.com
When potatoes are easily pierced by knife, drain well and place in a large bowl.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
- Flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"
- Deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"
- Tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
- A pipe through which liquid is carried away
- Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
- Drain is a creator-owned comic by writer C. B. Cebulski and is painted by Sana Takeda and published by Image Comics.
- A drain is the primary vessel for unwanted water to be flumed away, either to a more useful area, funnelled into a receptacle, or run into the sewers as waste.
- A surgical drain is a tube used to remove pus, blood or other fluids from a wound. Drains inserted after surgery do not result in faster wound healing or prevent infection but are sometimes necessary to drain body fluid which may accumulate and in itself become a focus of infection. ...
