drain
Where water exits
A drain is a pipe or channel that carries away water or waste.
To drain is to draw liquid off or out: drain the pasta, drain the swamp.
What drains away gradually disappears: energy drains, resources drain.
A drain on something depletes it: Commuting is a drain on my time.
If something goes down the drain, it's wasted or lost.
Underground drainage pipe
- gutterEdge channel for runoff
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
channel · duct · tube · downspout · trough · aqueduct · flume · outfall
Curved pipe holding water barrier
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- clogBlock or wooden shoe
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- wrenchTool for turning fasteners
valve · faucet · fixture · flange · gasket · fittings · sealant · elbow
Long narrow excavation
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- channelPassage for transmission
- gullyChannel carved by flowing water
- culvertTunnel for water passage
irrigation · moat · canal · sump · cesspit · soakaway · dry well
Slow fluid escape
- trickleThin, slow stream
- runoffExcess water drainage
- percolationLiquid passing through pores
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
ooze · drip · outflow · discharge · filtration · emptying · sluice · flush
State of utter depletion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- wearinessState of being drained
- tirednessState of needing rest
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
enervation · lethargy · depletion · overwork · stress · strain · taxing · sapping
sewer
Underground drainage pipe
pipe · channel · duct · tube · downspout · trough · aqueduct · flume · outfall · main
P-trap
Curved pipe holding water barrier
wrench · valve · faucet · fixture · flange · gasket · fittings · sealant · elbow · coupling
trench
Long narrow excavation
culvert · irrigation · moat · canal · sump · cesspit · soakaway · dry well
seepage
Slow fluid escape
- trickleThin, slow stream
- runoffExcess water drainage
- percolationLiquid passing through pores
leakage · ooze · drip · outflow · discharge · filtration · emptying · sluice · flush · swirl
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
fatigue · enervation · lethargy · depletion · overwork · stress · strain · taxing · sapping · wearing
sapped
Depleted of vitality
depleted · consumed · diminished · reduced · drawn · weakened · overtaxed · tapped out · bled dry · used up
catheter
Inserted medical drainage tube
fluid · insertion · Penrose · post-operative
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, swallow
- bathroombathtub, bathroom, restroom, lavatory, faucet
- bathroomsbathroom, bathtub, full bath, shower, half bath
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- fatigueexhaustion, tiredness, weariness, lethargy, chronic fatigue
drainenergize
Supply with vitality
invigorate · revitalize · rejuvenate · refresh · revive
- down the drainIrretrievably lost or ruined
- going down the drainProgressively being wasted
- go down the drainBe completely wasted
- gone down the drainCompletely wasted or lost
- went down the drainWas totally wasted
- storm drainStreet-level runoff collector
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