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drain


verb (used with object)

  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.
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