Drain

//dɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "drain" (467 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (140)

despoil detract digest digestion dim diminish diode disable disburden disbursement discharge discolor disenable disentitle disparage displume dissipate dissipation ditch divest

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down the drain draft draft off drag drain of color drain of resources drain off drain out drainage draught draughtsman draughty draw draw down draw from draw off drench dribble away drink drink up drip dry dry up dull dump duty ease one of eat eat away eat up eating up ebb effluence efflux effluxion effusion eliminate embrace empty empty out enervate ennui erode erosion escape etiolate evacuate evaporate evaporation exaction exhalation exhaust exhaustion expend expending expenditure exploit express exsiccate extortion extortionate demand extract fade fail fatigue file away filter find vent finish finish off finishing fire flay fleece flow flow out flowoff fume garbage dump get get hold of glom on to gobble gobble up gone grab grab hold of grapple grasp grip gripe gush gush out gutter hamstring headchute heavy demand hors de combat hug ill-use impair impose upon imposition impost impoverish impoverishment inactivate incapacitate indent ingest ingestion insistent demand insolate instrument jade jet kennel

Noun(2 words)

drainage drainpipe

Verb(1 words)

enfeeble

Related words (233)

kibosh kiln lame lay hands on lay hold of leach leakage leave leech lessen let let blood let out levy lighten one of load loot lost maim make use of

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manipulate marsh milk mine mire misuse mummify nail nip nip up nonnegotiable demand notice ooze oppress order outfall outflow outflowing outgo outhole outlet outpour outpouring pale pall palm parch partake peg percolate peroxide phlebotomize pick clean pillage pipe pipette piscina play on pluck pocket possess pour pour out presume upon pump pump out purge purify put quaff quagmire queer queer the works rebate recede receive reduce reduction refine relieve remove requirement requisition retrench rub rub away ruin run out runoff rush rush order sabotage sap sapping scorch scour scour out scupper sear secrete secretion seep seize septic tank sewer shave shear shorten shrink shrinkage shrivel sink siphon siphon off skin sluice sluice out smoke snap up snatch soak up sough spend spending spew spew out spike sponge spout spout out spurt squander squandering steal strain strip strip bare stroke subduct subtract suck suck dry suck out sump sun sun-dry surge swab swallow swallow up swamp sweep out swig swill syringe take take advantage of take away take away from take by assault take by storm take from take hold of take possession tap tarnish tax taxing thin thin out thrown away tire tone down torrefy towel trench tribute trickle ultimatum unclog undermine unfit unfoul unman up the spout use use ill use up using using up venesect vent void vomit vomit forth warning wash out wastage waste waste away wasted wastefulness wasting away watercourse weaken wear wear away wear down wearing wearing away wearing down weary weazen weed weigh well well out whip up whiten wing wipe withdraw withdrawal wither wizen work on work upon wreck

Verb(2 words)

leech run out

Noun(3 words)

outhole river waste pipe

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

25 entries

consume course deplete depletion eat eat up empty emptying evacuation exhaust expend feed flow pipage pipe piping

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Antonyms

3 entries

fill fill up up

Synonyms

1 entries

enfeeble

at location

1 entries

swimming pool

capable of

2 entries

tube wick

derived

67 entries

Drainbow Drainer French drain JP drain Jackson-Pratt drain Penrose drain air drain brain drain catchdrain circle the drain counterdrain down the drain drain away drain cleaner drain cock drain fever

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

dry

has context

7 entries

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is a

5 entries

depletion egress for waste water emptying pipe tube

manner of

3 entries

consume empty run

part of

3 entries

sewer shower toilet

related to

26 entries

conduit down empty empty tub fet field effect filter flow liquid outhole playfield plughole rainwater receptacle resource sewage

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used for

1 entries

drain fluid

Translations

211 translations across 52 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

kulloj verb (to lose liquid)
ter verb (dry out a wet place)
tha verb (dry out a wet place)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

εὐδιαῖον noun (conduit for liquids)

Arabic

1 entries

بَالُوعَة noun (conduit for liquids)

Assamese

4 entries

ওটা noun (conduit for liquids)
খাল noun (conduit for liquids)
নলা noun (conduit for liquids)
লোৰ noun (conduit for liquids)

Bulgarian

4 entries

водосток noun (conduit for liquids)
канал noun (conduit for liquids)
разход noun (conduit for liquids)
утечка noun (conduit for liquids)

Catalan

2 entries

drenar verb (to lose liquid)
drenar verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ئاوەڕۆ noun (conduit for liquids)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

排水 verb (to lose liquid)

Czech

3 entries

výlevka noun (conduit for liquids)
odvodnit verb (dry out a wet place)
vysušit verb (dry out a wet place)

Danish

4 entries

afløb noun (conduit for liquids)
dræn noun (conduit for liquids)
rende noun (conduit for liquids)
spild noun (something consuming resources with no gains)

Dutch

4 entries

afvoer noun (conduit for liquids)
drain noun ((electronics) name of one terminal of a transistor)
leeg laten lopen verb (cause liquid to flow out of)
leeglopen verb (to lose liquid)

Esperanto

2 entries

gutigi verb (to lose liquid)
gutigi verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Finnish

4 entries

dreeni noun (conduit for liquids)
kuseminen noun (vulgar: act of urination)
nielu noun ((electronics) name of one terminal of a transistor)
rasite noun (something consuming resources with no gains)

French

4 entries

bonde noun (conduit for liquids)
drain noun (conduit for liquids)
drain noun ((electronics) name of one terminal of a transistor)
gouffre noun (something consuming resources with no gains)

Galician

4 entries

desecar verb (dry out a wet place)
drenar verb (cause liquid to flow out of)
escoar verb (to lose liquid)
escoar verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Georgian

3 entries

მილი noun (conduit for liquids)
მილი noun (something consuming resources with no gains)
გამოფიტვა verb (deplete of energy)

German

4 entries

Abfluss noun (conduit for liquids)
abfließen lassen verb (cause liquid to flow out of)
ablassen verb (cause liquid to flow out of)
entladen verb (deplete of energy)

Hebrew

4 entries

אגן נקוז noun (conduit for liquids)
מרזב noun (conduit for rainwater)
נִקּוּז noun (conduit for liquids)
נִקּוּז noun (conduit for rainwater)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

sag-ahan verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Hindi

4 entries

नाला noun (conduit for liquids)
नाला noun (conduit for rainwater)
नाली noun (conduit for liquids)
रिसाव verb (to lose liquid)

Hungarian

1 entries

lefolyó noun (conduit for liquids)

Icelandic

1 entries

ræsi noun (conduit for liquids)

Ido

1 entries

vakuigar verb (dry out a wet place)

Irish

4 entries

draein noun (conduit for liquids)
draein noun (conduit for rainwater)
taosc verb (cause liquid to flow out of)
taosc verb (dry out a wet place)

Italian

3 entries

scolo noun (conduit for liquids)
scolare verb (to lose liquid)
scolare verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Korean

1 entries

배수구 noun (conduit for liquids)

Latin

3 entries

ēmissārium noun (conduit for liquids)
ēmissārium noun (conduit for rainwater)
exhauriō verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Lithuanian

1 entries

drenažas noun (conduit for liquids)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Offloss noun (conduit for liquids)
Oflaf noun (conduit for liquids)

Malay

1 entries

longkang noun (conduit for liquids)

Māori

4 entries

awakari noun (conduit for liquids)
awakeri noun (conduit for liquids)
kōrere noun (conduit for liquids)
manga noun (conduit for liquids)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

avløp noun (conduit for liquids)
kum noun (conduit for rainwater)
sluk noun (conduit for liquids)
renne av verb (to lose liquid)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

avlaup noun (conduit for liquids)
avløp noun (conduit for liquids)

Old English

1 entries

seohtre noun (conduit for liquids)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

لغم noun (conduit for liquids)
ناو noun (conduit for rainwater)
گریز noun (conduit for liquids)

Polish

3 entries

dren noun ((electronics) name of one terminal of a transistor)
odpływ noun (conduit for liquids)
osuszyć verb (dry out a wet place)

Portuguese

4 entries

dreno noun (conduit for liquids)
ralo noun (conduit for liquids)
ralo noun (something consuming resources with no gains)
drenar verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Quechua

1 entries

ch'umay verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Romanian

4 entries

canal de scurgere noun (conduit for liquids)
conductă noun (conduit for liquids)
a se goli verb (to lose liquid)
asana verb (dry out a wet place)

Russian

4 entries

водоотво́д noun (conduit for liquids)
водосто́к noun (conduit for liquids)
дрена́ж noun (conduit for liquids)
кана́л noun (conduit for liquids)

Sicilian

1 entries

sculari verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Slovene

2 entries

odtok noun (conduit for liquids)
izsušiti verb (dry out a wet place)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries

گوِنج noun (conduit for liquids)

Spanish

4 entries

absorbedero noun (conduit for rainwater)
aliviadero noun (conduit for rainwater)
desaguadero noun (conduit for liquids)
desaguadero noun (something consuming resources with no gains)

Swedish

1 entries

avlopp noun (conduit for liquids)

Tagalog

4 entries

bambang noun (conduit for liquids)
bangbang noun (conduit for liquids)
patuluin verb (to lose liquid)
patuluin verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Tocharian B

1 entries

tälp verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Turkish

2 entries

gider noun (conduit for liquids)
yağmur gideri noun (conduit for rainwater)

Ukrainian

4 entries

висна́жувати verb (deplete of energy)
вису́шувати verb (dry out a wet place)
спуска́ти verb (cause liquid to flow out of)
спусти́ти verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Venetan

2 entries

scolar verb (cause liquid to flow out of)
scołar verb (cause liquid to flow out of)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cống noun (conduit for liquids)

Zazaki

2 entries

çıranık noun (conduit for rainwater)
şayış noun (conduit for liquids)

Sample sentences

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It's money down the drain.

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The drain is running freely.

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Taking care of the boy is a great drain on her energies.

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The water will soon drain away.

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Drain

Synonyms for "drain" (467 found)

Closest matches (94)

Strong matches (140)

Related words (233)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

at location

capable of

derived

etymologically related_to

has context

is a

manner of

part of

related to

used for

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Assamese

Bulgarian

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Hebrew

Hiligaynon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Irish

Italian

Korean

Latin

Lithuanian

Luxembourgish

Malay

Māori

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old English

Ottoman Turkish

Polish

Portuguese

Quechua

Romanian

Russian

Sicilian

Slovene

Southern Kurdish

Spanish

Swedish

Tagalog

Tocharian B

Turkish

Ukrainian

Venetan

Vietnamese

Zazaki

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