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Drain

🔄 Synonyms of "Drain"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
sapnoun	(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
debilitateverb	(transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.
drainagenoun	A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
run outverb	(intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To use up or consume all [with of ‘something’ (optional)]
enfeebleverb	(transitive) To make feeble.
drainpipenoun	A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
waste pipenoun	A pipe that carries off liquid waste; a drain or drainpipe.
flow awayverb	flow off or away gradually
flow offverb	flow off or away gradually

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Drain"

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Word	Definition
drainpipenoun	A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
waste pipenoun	A pipe that carries off liquid waste; a drain or drainpipe.
drainagenoun	A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
run outverb	(intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To use up or consume all [with of ‘something’ (optional)]
sapnoun	(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
debilitateverb	(transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.
enfeebleverb	(transitive) To make feeble.
flow awayverb	flow off or away gradually
flow offverb	flow off or away gradually
sewernoun	A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
manholenoun	A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
gutternoun	A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
siphonnoun	A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
pipelinenoun	A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
sewagenoun	A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
dewateringnoun	Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
seweragenoun	A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
nullahnoun	(chiefly South Asia) A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater.
channelizationnoun	The straightening and widening of a stream or river.
wastewaternoun	Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.