drain

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
2. 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. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
4. An act of urination.
5. One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
6. An outhole.
7. (slang) A drink.

Verb

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

Синонимы

gutter

ditch

sewer

empty

channel

exhaust

draw out

conduit

strain

discharge

dry

drainage

drainpipe

waste pipe

drainage ditch

duct

spill

filter

deplete

canal

unload

culvert

trench

milk

🥛

overflow

enfeeble

evacuate

pour

pour out

bleed

🩸

run out

drink up

drip

gully

sink

sluice

use up

unpack

unburden

pour off

draw

shed

tube

squeeze

let out

trickle

dump

sap

water-course

consume

wear

watercourse

pipe

furrow

wear out

disburden

void

tap

drop

debilitate

rub down

runoff

run out of

run through

rut

scuff

scupper

sear

sewerage

short of

siphon

soak

sough

spend

stream

syphon

tire

torrefy

trough

tubing

valley

vent

wake

water main

wear away

wear down

wear off

well out

wipe out

wring

D

drain off

knock back

let blood

outlet pipe

main pipe

expeller

unwater

fatigue

waste

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

storm drain

storm sewer

abrade

drainage well

bail

bale

burn

canalize

clean

clean out

clear

clearer

clear out

cock

deflate

degrade

demagnetise

demagnetize

depletion

desiccation

drainage system

drain pipe

draw off

drink

🥤

drip-dry

dry up

eat

🍽️

eat away

eat up

ejector

emit

emptying

evacuation

eviscerate

exenterate

expend

fall

faucet

flow out

flux

fool away

fret

gap

get through

incinerate

knock out

lay out

leach

leak

leak out

let off

offtake

ooze

outlet

parch

piping

plughole

plumbing

pull up

pump

radial flow

raid

release

Произносится как (IPA)

/dɹeɪn/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: dreinen

Унаследовано от староанглийский: drēahnian

Родственно староанглийский: drūgian

Родственно староанглийский: drūgaþ

Родственно староанглийский: 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.