drains
Wastewater exit pipes
Drains are channels or pipes that carry away unwanted water or waste.
A drain in a sink or tub leads to the sewer; a drain in a field carries off excess rainwater.
To drain something is to empty it of liquid: Drain the pasta.
Energy, resources, or money can drain away: The lawsuit drained our savings.
Something that depletes you is a drain: Commuting is such a drain.
Underground drainage pipe
- gutterEdge channel for runoff
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- tubingHollow cylindrical conduit
channel · trough · downpipe · culvert · spout · siphon · P-trap · trap
Obstruction halting movement
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
unclog · jetting · grease · hair · debris · buildup · stoppage · backflow
Contaminated drainage from buildings
- sewerageWastewater removal infrastructure
- stormwaterSurface flow from precipitation
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
treatment · filtration · manhole · underground · municipal · collection · network · outfall
Thin, slow stream
- seepFlow slowly through
- oozeSeep gradually out
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- runoffExcess water drainage
outflow · seepage · efflux · dribble · stream · empty · spill · pour
Plant circulatory fluid
- exhaustUse up entirely
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- diminishTo make smaller
- reduceMake smaller in degree
consume · spend · withdraw · bleed · leach · erode · dwindle · shrink
sewer
Underground drainage pipe
tubing · channel · trough · downpipe · culvert · spout · siphon · P-trap · trap · vent
blockage
Obstruction halting movement
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- plumberWater system tradesperson
snake · unclog · jetting · grease · hair · debris · buildup · stoppage · backflow · rooter
wastewater
Contaminated drainage from buildings
- sewerageWastewater removal infrastructure
- stormwaterSurface flow from precipitation
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
sanitation · treatment · filtration · manhole · underground · municipal · collection · network · outfall · runoff
trickle
Thin, slow stream
runoff · outflow · seepage · efflux · dribble · stream · empty · spill · pour · channel
sap
Plant circulatory fluid
reduce · consume · spend · withdraw · bleed · leach · erode · dwindle · shrink · tax
tire
Lose strength or energy
enervate · sap · debilitate · devitalize · prostrate · overtax · dispirit · overwork · stress · burden
ditch
Shallow excavated channel
swale · irrigation · agricultural · watershed · diversion · channel · spillway · levee
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- running outexpires, depletes, exhausts, dwindles, empties
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- fluid systemspumps, valves, pipes, hydraulic systems, fluid flow
- plumbingpipes, valves, fittings, faucets, pipe
- drainagesewer, sewers, storm sewer, vent stack, sump pump
drainsfills
Occupies completely
replenishes · floods · refills · tops off · saturates
drainsreplenishes
Fills again after depletion
restores · energizes · rejuvenates · revitalizes · reinvigorates
- 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
drain, drained, draining, drainage, drainpipe, drainer, drain cleaner, brain drain, drainers