drain

drain is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
2. transitive verb. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
3. transitive verb. To filter.
4. intransitive verb. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
5. intransitive verb. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
6. noun. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
7. noun. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
8. noun. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
9. noun. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

   Synonyms: drainage

10. noun. a gradual depletion of energy or resources

    "a drain on resources"

    "a drain of young talent by emigration"

11. noun. a pipe through which liquid is carried away

    Synonyms: drainpipe

12. noun. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
13. verb. make weak

    "Life in the camp drained him"

    Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble

14. verb. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

    "We drained the oil tank"

15. verb. deplete of resources

    "The exercise class drains me of energy"

16. verb. flow off gradually

    "The rain water drains into this big vat"

Synonyms

drainage, drainpipe, debilitate, enfeeble

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in drain:

darin, dinar, indra, nadir, ranid

Common word forms

drains, drained, drainer, draining, drainable, drainless

Words from these letters

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