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drain
What does drain mean?
drain (verb): empty of liquid.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use drain in a sentence?
- We drained the oil tank. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce drain?
/dɹeɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does drain come from?
Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to drain
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “drain” mean?
empty of liquid
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form or compose
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expect and wish
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make certain of
Not quite: that's what ensure means.
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