Antonyms for drain
dreɪndrain

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1. drainverb

   Antonyms:
   replenish, fill, supply, pour, moisten, drown, inundate, drench, swill

   Synonyms:
   draw, strain, drip, percolate, drop, exhaust, empty, dry

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1. • Consume
   • Empty
   • Emptying
   • Surgery
   • Tube
   • Weaken

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1. drain, drainagenoun

   emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

2. drainnoun

   tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

3. drain, drainpipe, waste pipenoun

   a pipe through which liquid is carried away

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

4. drainverb

   a gradual depletion of energy or resources

   "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

5. drain, run outverb

   flow off gradually

   "The rain water drains into this big vat"

   Synonyms:
   bolt, bolt out, give out, fail, peter out, run off, poop out, run down, conk out, beetle off, debilitate, run out, spill, enfeeble, expire

6. drainverb

   deplete of resources

   "The exercise class drains me of energy"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

7. drainverb

   empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

   "We drained the oil tank"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

8. enfeeble, debilitate, drainverb

   make weak

   "Life in the camp drained him"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

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1. drainnoun

   Synonyms:
   channel, gutter, trench, ditch, sewer

2. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   empty, exhaust, deplete, filter

How to use drain in a sentence?

1. Democratic National Committee.With Bullock:

   You can understand why voters were frustrated. You can understand why they're angry, and Donald Trump offered something different, donald Trump said,' Look, I'm going to drain that swamp.' Well, it's swampier now than it was then.

2. Peter Gleick:

   If the Bellagio wanted to send the message that they were serious about water savings, they would drain the fountains.

3. Enid Bagnold:

   Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. To Why am I here? To uselessness. It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it's a cactus.

4. Madison Cawthorn:

   I really want to drain the swamp.

5. Anthony Almojere:

   You have to have a little reservoir of hope, and the pandemic can drain that reservoir.

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