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.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pink Floyd, License CC BY-SA 4.0