All drain synonyms
drain
D d verb drain
- use up β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- leak β an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
- flow β to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- ooze β (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
- dry β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- tap β Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- siphon β a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- bleed β When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- strain β to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- pump β a lightweight, low-cut shoe without fastenings for women.
- deplete β To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- divert β to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- sap β Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- suck β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- quaff β to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- weary β physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- fatigue β weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- wear β to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- lessen β to become less.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- swallow β to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- spend β to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- catheterize β to insert a catheter into
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- percolate β to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- dwindle β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- well β in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well.
- trickle β to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.
- effuse β to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate: The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
- debilitate β If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
- tax β a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
- devitalize β to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
noun drain
- pipe β a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
- duct β any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- sewer β a former household officer or head servant in charge of the service of the table.
- ditch β a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- culvert β A culvert is a water pipe or sewer that crosses under a road or railway.
- conduit β A conduit is a small tunnel, pipe, or channel through which water or electrical wires go.
- trench β Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ΛΚΙn Ι vi/ (Show IPA), 1807β86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- outlet β an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
- watercourse β a stream of water, as a river or brook.
- cloaca β a cavity in the pelvic region of most vertebrates, except higher mammals, and certain invertebrates, into which the alimentary canal and the genital and urinary ducts open
- cesspool β A cesspool is the same as a cesspit.