'Drained' definitions:
Definition of 'drained'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [ant: undrained]
adjective
Very tired [syn: knackered, drained]
adjective
Drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained" [syn: dead, drained]
Definition of 'Drained'
From: GCIDE
- Drain \Drain\ (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained (dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]
- 1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of. [1913 Webster]
- Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie. [1913 Webster]
- Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To filter. [1913 Webster]
- Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'drained'
From: GCIDE
- drained \drained\ adj. having lost much energy or emotion from vigorous activity; -- of people; as, the day's events left her completely drained of strength. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. having resources completely depleted.
- Syn: depleted. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. having no power remaining; -- of a battery.
- Syn: run-down. [WordNet 1.5]
- to go down the drain
- 1. to be consumed in profitless activity; to be wasted; to become worthless.
- 2. to vanish or cease existing. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'drained'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablated,
- acarpous,
- all in,
- arid,
- ausgespielt,
- barren,
- beat,
- beat up,
- beaten,
- blanched,
- bleached,
- bleached white,
- bone-weary,
- burned-out,
- burnt up,
- bushed,
- cachectic,
- celibate,
- childless,
- consumed,
- dead,
- dead-and-alive,
- dead-tired,
- deadbeat,
- debilitated,
- decolored,
- decolorized,
- depleted,
- desert,
- desolate,
- devitalized,
- disabled,
- dissipated,
- dog-tired,
- dog-weary,
- done,
- done in,
- done up,
- drained of color,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- eaten up,
- effete,
- enervated,
- enfeebled,
- eroded,
- eviscerated,
- exhausted,
- fagged out,
- failing,
- fallow,
- fatigued,
- feeble,
- finished,
- frail,
- fruitless,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- gone,
- healthless,
- impotent,
- impoverished,
- in poor health,
- incapacitated,
- ineffectual,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- infirm,
- invalid,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- knocked out,
- languishing,
- leached,
- lightened,
- menopausal,
- moribund,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- pale,
- peaked,
- peaky,
- played out,
- pooped,
- pooped out,
- prostrate,
- ready to drop,
- reduced,
- reduced in health,
- run-down,
- sapped,
- sickly,
- sine prole,
- spent,
- sterile,
- sucked dry,
- teemless,
- tired out,
- tired to death,
- tuckered out,
- uncultivated,
- unfertile,
- unfruitful,
- unhealthy,
- unplowed,
- unproductive,
- unprolific,
- unsound,
- unsown,
- untilled,
- used up,
- valetudinarian,
- valetudinary,
- virgin,
- washed-up,
- waste,
- wasted,
- weakened,
- weakly,
- weary unto death,
- whacked,
- whitened,
- wiped out,
- with low resistance,
- without issue,
- worn,
- worn away,
- worn-out
Words containing 'Drained'
- Drain,
- Drain, OR,
- Draine,
- Draining,
- down the drain,
- Barrel drain,
- Box drain,
- Counter drain,
- Draining tile,
- Right of drain,
- Spray drain,
- Tile drain,
- Turf drain,
- Water drain,
- Well drain,
- brain drain,
- drain basket,
- drain the cup,
- draining board,
- to go down the drain,
- Tile-drain,
- Top-drain,
- Top-draining,
- Well-draining,
- trap-and-drain auger