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Drain
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Drain
/dreɪn/
To remove liquid or cause a liquid to flow away.
Synonyms:
empty
release
deplete
exhaust
withdraw
Antonyms:
fill
flood
immerse
saturate
soak
Examples:
The town, which had no
drains
, stank in any case.
She
drained
the glass dry.
George Bellows doesn't deserve going down the
drain
either.
Etymology:
The word
drain
originates from the Old English
dreahnian
meaning to strain or filter, and is akin to Old Norse
dreina
, meaning to dry.
Usage Statistics:
15 mentions per 1 million words
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