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Drained   /dreɪnd/   Listen
Drained

adjective
1.
Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid).  "A drained tank" , "A drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything"
2.
Very tired.  Synonym: knackered.
3.
Drained of electric charge; discharged.  Synonym: dead.  "Left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"



Drain

verb
(past & past part. drained; pres. part. draining)
1.
Flow off gradually.  Synonym: run out.
2.
Deplete of resources.
3.
Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from.
4.
Make weak.  Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble.



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"Drained" Quotes from Famous Books



... the whole British people had grown unfit for war, a revolt of the Roman legions in the year 407 drew a large number of the young men into their ranks, and when Constantine the usurper took them over into Gaul for the four years' fighting which followed, the country was drained of its best fighting material. The City, then, contained a large number of wealthy merchants, native and foreign; it also contained a great many slaves who were occupied in the conduct of the trade, and few, since ...
— The History of London • Walter Besant

... some important business matters for me to attend to. The principal part of the dinner is over and I drink but little wine and seldom touch cordials. Gentlemen, all for Spain and the Philippines!" Saying this, he drained his glass, which he had not before touched. The old lieutenant ...
— The Social Cancer - A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal

... the sombre mass of tree-foliage, white and purple altheas raised their circular censers, as if to greet the sun that was throwing level beams from the eastern hill-top, and delicate pink, and deep azure, and pearl-pale convolvulus held up their velvet trumpets all beaded with dew, to be drained by the first kiss of the great Day-God. Up and down the comb of the steep roof, beautiful pigeons with necklaces that rivalled the trappings of Solomon, strutted and cooed; on the eaves, busy brown wrens peeped into ...
— Vashti - or, Until Death Us Do Part • Augusta J. Evans Wilson

... chance to notice it today." Nicky-Nan drained his glass at a gulp, and searched again in his pockets. ...
— Nicky-Nan, Reservist • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)

... The result was that when the borer at last pierced through to the old mine, there were six feet of solid rock between them and the water. Through the small hole the water flowed, and thus the mine was slowly but safely drained. In the other case, the ground happened to be soft, and had ...
— Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines • R.M. Ballantyne


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