drained

drain  (drn)

v. drained, drain·ing, drains

v.tr.

1. To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process: drained water from the sink.

2.

a. To cause liquid to go out from; empty: drained the bathtub; drain the pond.

b. To draw off the surface water of: The Mississippi River drains a vast area.

3. To drink all the contents of: drained the cup.

4.

a. To deplete gradually, especially to the point of complete exhaustion. See Synonyms at deplete.

b. To fatigue or spend emotionally or physically: The day's events completely drained me of all strength.

v.intr.

1. To flow off or out: Gasoline drained slowly from the tilted can.

2. To become empty by the drawing off of liquid: watched the tub slowly drain.

3. To discharge surface or excess water: The Niagara River drains into Lake Ontario. When flooded, the swamp drains northward.

4. To become gradually depleted; dwindle: felt his enthusiasm draining.

n.

1. A pipe or channel by which liquid is drawn off.

2. Medicine A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or body cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material.

3. The act or process of draining.

4.

a. A gradual outflow or loss; consumption or depletion: the drain of young talent by emigration.

b. Something that causes a gradual loss: interruptions that are a drain on my patience.

Idiom:

down the drain

To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain.

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[Middle English dreinen, to strain, drain, from Old English drahnian.]

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draina·ble adj.

drainer n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	drained - 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" undrained - not drained; "preserve wetlands; keep them undrained"
	2.	drained - very tired knackered Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
	3.	drained - drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained" dead uncharged - of a particle or body or system; having no charge; "an uncharged particle"; "an uncharged battery"