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Drain Pronunciation

Pronounce Drain as D R AH IY N.

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    Drain phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'drain'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of drain: /dræɪn/
    • Modern IPA representation of drain: /dræɪn/

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    List of meaning for drain

    drain, drainage(noun)

    emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

    drain(noun)

    tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

    drain, drainpipe, waste pipe(noun)

    a pipe through which liquid is carried away

    drain(verb)

    a gradual depletion of energy or resources

    "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

    drain, run out(verb)

    flow off gradually

    "The rain water drains into this big vat"

    drain(verb)

    deplete of resources

    "The exercise class drains me of energy"

    drain(verb)

    empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

    "We drained the oil tank"

    enfeeble, debilitate, drain(verb)

    make weak

    "Life in the camp drained him"

    to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

    we drained the water from the tank before cleaning it

    to make complete use of

    virtually drained the country's natural resources

    to use up all the physical energy of

    the long hike drained us

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    drain in sentence

    1. Once the pain was too much to bear due to Kevin’s edema, he was admitted to the hospital to drain the water pooling under his skin.

    2. A machine was used to quickly jumpstart the car after the driver let the battery drain down overnight.

    3. Placing too much demand on one particular resource will quickly tax it and drain it of value.

    4. After throwing the gun down the storm drain after the murder, the criminal knew this suppressible evidence would never be found.

    5. Pouring oil down the sink drain caused it to clog and fill with water.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term drain

    I think if you had to put them in a chronological order, drain the swamp is probably somewhere down at the bottom as opposed to getting tax reform done , making sure middle-class people have more jobs, making sure we’re renegotiating our bad trade deals.

    – Corey Lewandowski

    People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

    – Margaret Cho

    The brain drain of skilful people definitely impacts the CFDA's ability to operate, especially for example its ability to evaluate new drugs.

    – Cheng Gang

    There was a little apprehension when I first heard about it, because you think a bone-marrow donation is going to be kind of intense and take you out for a while physically and just drain you, i ’m not too worried about it, because, from what I’ve been told, the post effects are n’t painful.

    – Jake Prus

    The development will ruin this area. It will drain the aquifer and kill it.

    – Tricia Gerrodette

    Otherwise, this ever deepening, man-made and totally avoidable humanitarian crisis will drain the country of the few resources it has and push people to the edge, without urgent action, shortages could kill more people than bullets or bombs.

    – Yemen Philippe Clerc

    Seeing the economic poverty, it feels a pain in the heart; but after watching the monetary mentality of the majority of the poor mass like that of rich class, the whole energy does drain out of the body.

    – Anuj Somany

    Go out and look at your downspouts, you should be able to see the water coming out [the bottom] or hear it going through the downspout into the ground drain below. It’s going to be pretty obvious if the downspout isn’t working. … The water will be running over the top of the gutter. Gutters are like anything. You’ve got to maintain them and keep them clean.

    – Michael Marceaux

    We're definitely seeing growing concern about the drain of human capital among larger companies, and interest in new models for older workers that retain them longer.

    – Linda Fried

    California isn't circling the drain because it’s too big to govern. The state is a basket case because ruling Democrats have an unquenchable thirst for emptying the prisons, enabling an exploding homeless population and jacking up every imaginable tax, since the 1990s the state and its voters have drifted far to the left.

    – Johnny Phillips

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