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Adjective: drained dreynd- Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
"a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything" - Extremely exhausted
- knackered [Brit, informal], zonked [informal], zonked out [informal], stonkered [Brit, Austral, NZ, informal], deadbeat [Brit, informal], shagged out [Brit, informal], shagged [Brit, informal], shattered [Brit, informal], exhausted, dog-tired [informal], fagged [Brit, informal], fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out, gone, shot [informal], fried [N. Amer, informal], pooped [N. Amer, informal] - Drained of electric charge; discharged
"left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"; - dead, flat [Brit] Verb: drain dreyn- Flow off gradually
"The rain water drains into this big vat"; - run out - Deplete of resources
"The exercise class drains me of energy" - Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
"We drained the oil tank" - Make weak
"Life in the camp drained him"; - enfeeble, debilitate
See also: empty, exhausted, tired, uncharged Type of: consume, course, deplete, eat, eat up, empty, exhaust, feed, flow, run, run through, use up, weaken, wipe out Antonym: undrained Encyclopedia: Drained Drain, Or |