drainer

drain

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Definitions of drainer word

verb with object drainer to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase. 1
verb with object drainer to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid: to drain a crankcase. 1
verb with object drainer to exhaust the resources of: to drain the treasury. 1
verb with object drainer to deprive of strength; tire. 1
verb without object drainer to flow off gradually. 1
verb without object drainer to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture: This land drains into the Mississippi. 1

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English dreynen, Old English drēhnian, drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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