drain in Kashmiri कॉशुर
drain in Malayalam മലയാളം
drain in Sindhi سنڌي
drain in Tamil தமிழ்
drain in English
- drain⇄drain, verb, noun.
- drain⇄expr. drains, dregs.
Ex. I had ... emptied some dull opiate to the drains (Keats). - drain⇄expr. go down the drain,
a. to become worthless.
Ex. His savings went down the drain on a bad investment.
b. to be left out or forgotten.
Ex. Only about thirty new [television] programs are selected each year. The rest go down t - drain⇄noun drainer.
- drain⇄noun 1. a channel, trench, or pipe for carrying off water or waste of any kind.
Ex. She carried the tray back to the kitchen [and] dumped the beer and coffee down the drain (New Yorker).
2. anything that drains.
Ex. Strips of gauze are - drain⇄v.i. 1. to flow off slowly.
Ex. The water drains into a river.
2. to dry; lose moisture by dripping or flowing.
Ex. Set the dishes here to drain.
3. to get rid of its surplus water; find an outlet for water.
Ex. Vast areas - drain⇄v.t. 1. to draw off slowly.
Ex. That ditch drains water from the swamp.
(SYN) remove.
2. to draw water or other liquid from; empty or dry by draining.
Ex. The farmers drained the swamps to get more land for crops.
3. (Fig