drained

Adjective

(comparative more drained, superlative most drained)

Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
I felt so drained after the 3 hours exam, that I wanted to sleep for the next week
Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.

Verb

Simple past tense and past participle of drain.

Origin

drain +"Ž -ed

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He tipped the glass up and drained it.
She was drained but more confident in her ability to use it.
In sixteen years; it succeeds best in deep loamy soil, but will flourish in nearly any moist but well-drained situation.
But the deepest ponds are not so deep in proportion to their area as most suppose, and, if drained, would not leave very remarkable valleys.
Gabriel drained the bowl of water and placed the souls in his pocket.

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