Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: drained
IPA transcription: [dɹ'eɪnd]
Pronunciations of drained
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dead, drained
    Meaning: drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
  • Synonyms: drained
    Meaning: emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything"
  • Synonyms: knackered, drained
    Meaning: very tired
Usage examples
  • The murderess now sucks the victim's blood at her ease and, when she has done, scornfully flings the drained corpse aside.
  • The railroad in New Mexico had apparently drained the banker's private fortune, and he determined to retrieve it by one stroke.
  • You little guessed How deep it drained my slender store: But there's a heart within this breast, And I WILL LEND YOU FIFTY MORE!'
  • The Labyrinth Spider knows nothing of the diversions of the table; she flings the drained remnants out of her web, without chewing them.
  • When this first point is drained, she passes on to others, to the second haunch in particular, until the prey becomes an empty hulk without losing its outline.
  • He was back again on the deck, walking quite steadily yet seeing little. He made his way to the smoking room, asked almost indifferently for a brandy and soda, and drained it to the last drop.
  • Butter a baking-dish, sprinkle with bread-crumbs, lay a sea-trout upon it, cover with crumbs, dot with butter, squeeze over the juice of half a lemon, and bake, adding enough water to keep from burning. Brown a tablespoonful of flour in butter, add the liquid drained from the fish, one cupful each of mushroom and oyster liquor, and a wineglassful of Madeira.
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