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Adjective: draining  drey-ning
  1. Having a debilitating effect
    - exhausting
Verb: drain  dreyn
  1. Flow off gradually
    "The rain water drains into this big vat";
    - run out
     
  2. Deplete of resources
    "The exercise class drains me of energy"
     
  3. Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
    "We drained the oil tank"
     
  4. Make weak
    "Life in the camp drained him";
    - enfeeble, debilitate

See also: debilitating

Type of: consume, course, deplete, eat, eat up, empty, exhaust, feed, flow, run, run through, use up, weaken, wipe out

Encyclopedia: Draining

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