drain
Significado (English)
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- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- An act of urination.
- One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- An outhole.
- (slang) A drink.
Conceptos
tubo abierto
tubería de avenamiento
zanja de desagüe
hacer dar sed
hacer perder humedad
hacer secar algo
secar algo
secar la ropa lavada
canal de aguas residuales
Synonyms
drainage ditch
pour off
water-course
run out of
well out
drain off
let blood
outlet pipe
main pipe
be dried
be wrung dry
dry up deplete
out let
blow-off pipe
discharge outlet
current drain
pumping equipment
exit pipe
blowing tube
noz
foul water sewer
drainage well
flow out
radial flow
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/dɹeɪn/
Etimología (English)
In summary
From Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną (“to strain, sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, parched”). Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.
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