DRAIN
What does "DRAIN" mean?
To cause liquid to flow away gradually.
Meanings
- To make liquid flow off or out, leaving something dry or empty. Drain the pasta and return it to the pot.
- To deplete the strength, resources, or emotion of someone or something. The long argument drained him completely. figurative
- A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid. Leaves clogged the drain and the street flooded.
Word origin
From Old English 'dreahnian' (to strain, filter, drain off), related to 'dry'.
Remember it
DRAIN ends in RAIN - water flowing away is exactly what a drain is for.
A little poem
The basin empties-
a small silver throat swallows
the storm, sip by sip.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the sink go to therapy? Everything it loved just drained away.
What it teaches
What empties you slowly feels like nothing - until one day you find the basin dry.
Quick facts
What does DRAIN mean?
To cause liquid to flow away gradually.
Is DRAIN a valid word?
Yes — DRAIN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DRAIN?
DRAIN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DRAIN come from?
From Old English 'dreahnian' (to strain, filter, drain off), related to 'dry'.
What can DRAIN teach us?
What empties you slowly feels like nothing - until one day you find the basin dry.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.