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Definitions for Drained

[1] to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
[2] to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid: to drain a crankcase.
[3] to exhaust the resources of: to drain the treasury.
[4] to deprive of strength; tire.
[5] to flow off gradually.
[6] to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture: This land drains into the Mississippi.
[7] something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
[8] Surgery . a material or appliance for maintaining the opening of a wound to permit free exit of fluids.
[9] gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.
[10] something that causes a large or continuous outflow, expenditure, or depletion: Medical expenses were a major drain on his bank account.
[11] an act of draining.
[12] Physical Geography . an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench. a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of water.
[13] go down the drain , to become worthless or profitless. to go out of existence; disappear.
[14] a pipe or channel that carries off water, sewage, etc
[15] an instance or cause of continuous diminution in resources or energy; depletion
[16] surgery a device, such as a tube, for insertion into a wound, incision, or bodily cavity to drain off pus, etc
[17] electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor into which majority carriers flow from the interelectrode conductivity channel
[18] down the drain wasted
[19] (tr often foll by off ) to draw off or remove (liquid) from to drain water from vegetables ; to drain vegetables
[20] (intr often foll by away ) to flow (away) or filter (off)
[21] (intr) to dry or be emptied as a result of liquid running off or flowing away leave the dishes to drain
[22] (tr) to drink the entire contents of (a glass, cup, etc)
[23] (tr) to consume or make constant demands on (resources, energy, etc); exhaust; sap
[24] (intr) to disappear or leave, esp gradually the colour drained from his face
[25] (tr) (of a river, etc) to carry off the surface water from (an area)
[26] (intr) (of an area) to discharge its surface water into rivers, streams, etc

Words related to Drained

drainweary, beat, dragging, spent, hacked, bleary, dead, effete, pooped, washed-out, worn-out, far-gone, wiped-out

Words nearby Drained

draindragsville, draguignan, dragée, drahthaar, drail, drain, drain rod, drainage, drainage basin, drainage tube, drainage wind

Origin of Drained

before 1000; Middle English dreynen, Old English drēhnian, drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry

Other words from Drained

drain·a·ble , adjective
drain·er , noun
o·ver·drain , verb
un·drain·a·ble , adjective
un·drained , adjective
well-drained , adjective

Word origin for Drained

Old English drēahnian; related to Old Norse drangr dry wood; see dry

Synonyms for Drained

depleted, weary, beat, dragging, hacked, spent, all in, bleary, burned out, dead, dead tired, effete, far-gone, pooped, washed-out, wiped-out, worn-out