drain

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (Canada, US) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
2. (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.
3. A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
4. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
5. (vulgar) An act of urination.
6. One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
7. An outhole.
8. (UK, dated, slang) A drink.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To lose liquid.
2. (intransitive) To flow gradually.
3. (ergative, transitive) To cause liquid to flow out of.
4. (ergative, transitive) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
5. (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
6. (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To filter.
8. (intransitive) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
9. (archaic, slang, transitive) To drink.
10. (slang, transitive) To make a shot.

Concepts

drainer

drain

vider

assécher

puisard

égout

vidanger

affaiblir

essorer

canal

rigole

s’écouler

filtrer

égoutter

vidange

écoulement

fuite

drainage

saigner

🩸

sécher

tube

tuyau

tuyauterie

vase

verser

débiliter

déshydrater

faire couler

faire flotter

s’égoutter

tuyau d’écoulement

déchargeoir

abattre

tuyau d’évacuation

arroser

🚰

assèchement

canalisation

caniveau

conduit

descente

diminuer

épuiser

évacuer

évier

fossé

gouffre

gouttière

hémorragie

oléoduc

pipeline

Synonymes

gutter

ditch

sewer

empty

channel

exhaust

conduit

strain

draw out

discharge

drainage

dry

canal

deplete

spill

drainage ditch

waste pipe

filter

drainpipe

unload

duct

trench

drip

sink

sluice

pour

overflow

pour out

milk

🥛

gully

run out

drink up

bleed

🩸

evacuate

culvert

enfeeble

tap

trickle

disburden

squeeze

shed

tube

pipe

dump

let out

drop

furrow

debilitate

draw

consume

Traductions

drenar

drenar

entwässern

desaguar

scolo

trockenlegen

scolare

αυλάκι

dränieren

Ablauf

Abfluss

Rinne

drenare

afdruipen

drenar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹeɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: dreinen

Hérité de ancien anglais: drēahnian

Appartenant à ancien anglais: drūgian

Appartenant à ancien anglais: drūgaþ

Appartenant à ancien anglais: drȳġe

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.