Another word for drain
drain
n.
down the drain<strong>*drain
v.
To withdraw fluid
divert, bleed, milk, tap, draw off, drink, remove, evaporate, catheterize; see also empty 2.
To withdraw strength
exhaust, empty, consume, weary, tire out, expend, sap, dissipate, waste, tax, deplete, impoverish, get rid of, free from, bleed, debilitate, devitalize, enervate, reduce, filter off, remove, milk*; see also spend 1, tire 2, weaken 2.
To seep away
run out, run off, flow off, flow out, seep off, seep out, exude, trickle out, filter off, ooze, percolate, effuse, find an opening, osmose, decline, diminish, leave dry; see also flow 1, 2.
To empty
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Another word for drain
To remove (a liquid) by a steady, gradual process:
draw (off), let out, pump, tap2. See increaseTo grow or cause to grow gradually less:
abate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away (or off), taper (off). See increaseTo lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential:
deplete, exhaust, impoverish, sap2, use up. See give, increase, richTo use all of:
consume, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. (Informal) polish off. See increaseTo diminish the strength and energy of:
fatigue, jade, tire, wear, wear down, wear out, weary. See tired
The act or process of decreasing:
abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See increase
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drain. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23rd, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Drain
