drain

  • 21drain — vb *deplete, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt Analogous words: sap, undermine, debilitate, *weaken …

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  • 22Drain — [drɛ:n , drɛ̃: ] vgl. Drän …

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  • 23drain — drain1 [dreın] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid)¦ 2¦(make somebody tired)¦ 3¦(use too much)¦ 4 the colour/blood drains from somebody s face/cheeks 5 drain a glass/cup etc Phrasal verbs  drain away  drain something<=>off ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin:… …

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  • 24drain — [[t]dre͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦♦ drains, draining, drained 1) V ERG If you drain a liquid from a place or object, you remove the liquid by causing it to flow somewhere else. If a liquid drains somewhere, it flows there. [V n adv/prep] Miners built the tunnel… …

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  • 25drain — ▪ I. drain drain 1 [dreɪn] noun [countable usually singular] a drain on something something that continuously uses up a lot of money, time, or effort: • This project has been a serious drain on our financial resources.   [m0] ▪ II. drain drain 2… …

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  • 26drain — I UK [dreɪn] / US verb Word forms drain : present tense I/you/we/they drain he/she/it drains present participle draining past tense drained past participle drained ** 1) a) [transitive] to let liquid flow away from something When the pasta is… …

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  • 27drain — drain1 [ dreın ] verb ** ▸ 1 let liquid flow away ▸ 2 remove water from land ▸ 3 drink all liquid in something ▸ 4 use energy until tired ▸ 5 when feeling goes away ▸ 6 when face becomes pale ▸ 7 use too much money etc. 1. ) transitive to let… …

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  • 28drain — 1 verb 1 LIQUID a) (T) to make the water or liquid flow away from something: Can you drain the spaghetti, please? | Deep ditches were dug to drain the fields. | drain sth from sth: Brad drained all the oil from the engine. | well/poorly etc… …

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  • 29Drain — A drain is a plumbing fixture that provides an exit point for waste water or water that is to be re circulated Drain may also refer to: Drainage, the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub surface water from a given area Storm drain, a… …

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  • 30Drain — Feldeffekttransistoren oder FET (engl. field effect transistor) sind eine Gruppe von unipolaren Transistoren, bei denen im Gegensatz zu den Bipolartransistoren nur ein Ladungstyp am Stromtransport beteiligt ist – abhängig von der Bauart… …

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