'Draining' definitions:
Definition of 'draining'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun" [syn: draining, exhausting]
Definition of 'Draining'
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 'Draining'
From: GCIDE
- Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of Drain, v. t. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. [1913 Webster]
- Draining tile. Same as Draintile. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'draining'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aspiration,
- bleeding,
- bloodletting,
- breakdown,
- broaching,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- cleaning out,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- collapse,
- coming apart,
- crack-up,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- crying,
- cupping,
- decadent,
- declining,
- defecation,
- degenerate,
- demanding,
- depletion,
- deteriorating,
- devitalizing,
- discharging cargo,
- disintegrating,
- drafting,
- drainage,
- drawing,
- drooping,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- egress,
- elimination,
- emptying,
- enervating,
- enfeebling,
- evacuation,
- exacting,
- excretion,
- exhaustedness,
- exhausting,
- exhaustion,
- exigent,
- exorbitant,
- extortionate,
- fading,
- failing,
- falling,
- fatiguesome,
- fatiguing,
- flagging,
- fragmenting,
- going to pieces,
- grasping,
- grueling,
- importunate,
- insistent,
- instant,
- killing,
- languishing,
- loud,
- marcescent,
- milking,
- nervous exhaustion,
- nervous prostration,
- off-loading,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- phlebotomy,
- pining,
- pipetting,
- pressing,
- prostration,
- pumping,
- punishing,
- regressive,
- removal,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- sapping,
- shriveling,
- sinking,
- siphoning,
- sliding,
- slipping,
- slumping,
- straining,
- stressful,
- subsiding,
- sucking,
- suction,
- tabetic,
- tapping,
- taxing,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- toilsome,
- trying,
- unloading,
- urgent,
- venesection,
- venting,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- waning,
- wasting,
- weakening,
- weariful,
- wearing,
- wearisome,
- wearying,
- wilting,
- withering,
- worsening
Words containing 'Draining'
- Drain,
- Drain, OR,
- Draine,
- Drained,
- 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