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drainer

Variant of drain

transitive verb

  1. to draw off (liquid) gradually
  2. to draw water or any liquid from gradually so as to dry or empty: to drain swamps
  3. to receive the waters of: the St. Lawrence drains the Great Lakes
  4. to drink all the liquid from (a cup, glass, etc.)
  5. to exhaust (strength, emotions, or resources) gradually
  6. Obsolete to filter

intransitive verb

  1. to flow off gradually
  2. to become dry by the drawing or flowing off of liquid
  3. to disappear gradually: his courage drained away
  4. to discharge its waters: central Europe drains into the Danube

noun

  1. a channel or pipe for carrying off water, sewage, etc.
  2. a draining or exhausting
  3. that which gradually exhausts strength, resources, etc.
  4. Surgery a tube or other device for drawing off discharge, fluid, etc. from a cavity, wound, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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