Drain means: A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK). Related words include drainage or pipe. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Drain in practice.
Drain in a sentence
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Drain meaning
- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- 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.
- A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
Synonyms of Drain
Example sentences (20)
But it's all just a ploy to get you to call a premium rate international number that will quietly drain your bank.
It fits down the waterpipe and collects any hair, food, or grime trapped, which is causing your sink to drain slowly.
A collapsed drain is the cause of major disruption at Lancaster bus station where Stagecoach have closed some bus stands.
However, all it takes is a sudden downturn or unexpected expense to drain the coffers and bring a business crashing down.
Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp, but on an early ethics pledge on his way out of the White House.
Bakhmut has little strategic value, but Ukraine has seen it as an important drain on Russia's military equipment and manpower.
Fruit flies stick to decaying or fermenting fruits and vegetables while drain flies stay around drains, leaky pipes or sewers.
Cheesecloth sacks of yogurt made with goat’s milk drain in the production room at Southern Maids Dairy.
If watering in a sink or bathtub, just pull the plug to drain the water or place pots in another empty tray for 10 to 15 minutes.
An example of this is the Chaotic Cursing Healing build, another derivative of the Low Life mechanism, particularly Essence Drain.
A wave of outward migration combined with changes in the civil service seemed to accelerate a brain-drain and depletion of skills.
For years, he said, the neighborhood association has been raising funds to improve a retention pond that can help the water drain.
As of Wednesday morning, a GoFundMe started by Drain had raised more than 50% of its $100,000 goal.
In mitigation, Harry Bowyer said the background to the offending painted ‘a picture of a man whose business was circling the drain’.
The voltage limits for this switch are the gate–source, gate–drain and source–drain voltage limits for both FETs.
It seems the drain of talent to LIV has been tempered by this mighty investment of resources.
Last night's Thai takeout was good the first time around, but no one wants to smell those leftovers permeating from the drain days later.
Boil them until just cooked (about 5 minutes), then drain and refresh immediately in iced water and drain again.
He said the school is fortunate to have the leadership of principal Jorvonna Drain and the dedication of an outstanding faculty and staff.
Downtuned my guitar a full step down, so I could play some Motley Crue and a couple of Nirvana songs, mainly Come As You Are and Drain You.
Common combinations with drain
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the drain 40×
- to drain 23×
- drain the 21×
- brain drain 19×
- drain on 13×
- drain and 10×
- drain in 9×
- and drain 9×
- drain to 7×
- water drain 5×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word drain. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.