Synonym: deprive, draw off, dry, empty, exhaust, filter, spend, use. Similar words: strain, by train, grained, trainer, terrain, raining, training, constraint. Meaning: [dreɪn] n. 1. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it 2. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material 3. a pipe through which liquid is carried away 4. a gradual depletion of energy or resources. v. 1. flow off gradually 2. deplete of resources 3. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from 4. make weak.
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211. Postoperatively, the patient complained of vague abdominal discomfort and the drain was removed after two days.
212. Nilsen was finally arrested when pieces of the corpses he was flushing down the toilet blocked the drain.
213. William I had introduced knight service, a repeated drain on local resources.
214. The team included Stockton vet Jackie Paterson, who clambered into the drain and injected the foal with sedatives.
215. You don't need to drain the whole system - just enough so that water doesn't come out of the immersion heater boss.
216. They are seen as a drain on the profit because they don't function in the labour market to produce profit.
217. Cover top of colander with wax paper and set over sink to drain 24 hours.
218. As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain.
219. Q.. The tub drain and trap under a bathroom and over a crawl space froze last winter.
220. Drain well. Serve the chicken on a bed of tagliatelle with a green salad.
221. Remove the mince, drain off any excess fat through a colander or sieve and wipe the pan or wok.
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222. To have left the tube and drain in place for 14-21 days would have been ideal but less acceptable to the patient.
223. And she would die in the bathtub, her blood going down the drain.
224. There would be less of a drain on tax revenues.
225. The curds are lifted on to muslin-covered racks and cut through with a knife before they are left to drain.
226. Water the containers and allow to drain, then sow the seed thinly over the surface.
227. We drain away force as we indulge in inner talk.
228. It excludes water that will not drain from small pore spaces, saline water, and water in deep confined aquifers.
229. If this does not work, you will have to drain down the pipe and remove the fitting.
230. Start with fresh, ripe fruit, then rinse carefully in cold water and drain well or pat dry with paper towel.
231. For refrigerators with removable drain plugs, remove plug and force warm water mixed with baking soda through the drain.
232. Drain then mash them and leave to cool for 5 minutes.
233. Use to show catch basin or drain.
234. An electrically conductive jumper member including a drain wire connector may be mounted on the jack housing.
235. A raised wire frame should be placed under it a drain provided in the floor.
236. The transistor also comprises a drain region of the first conductivity type and electrically communicating with a second semiconductor region that differs from the first semiconductor region.
237. The country suffered from a continual brain drain because of bad economy.
238. Consequently the brain drain has become a hot potato which needs to solve.
239. Two ground terminals are available for connecting a safety ground, earth ground, or drain wire.
240. Immigration to the U.S. is causing a brain drain in some countries.