Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
- (chiefly UK) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- (vulgar) An act of urination.
- (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Verbit
- (intransitive) To lose liquid.
- (intransitive) To flow gradually.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
- (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
- (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
- (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Esimerkit
- The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
- An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
- That rental property is a drain on our finances.
- The clogged sink drained slowly.
- The water of low ground drains off.
- Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
- They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
- The stress of this job is really draining me.
- Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
- But it was not alone that he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
- Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
- When a ball finally drains, it's gulped down by a giant gator beneath the set of flippers.
- The ring fell off her finger and into the drain of the sink.
- The energy that we are putting into this is acting as a drain on our other activities.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | drained | Imperfekti | drained |
| Partisiipin preesens | draining | Monikko | drains |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | drains | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | draineth (vanhahtava) |