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DRAINED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Drained of electric charge; discharged
Example:
left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
Synonyms:
dead; drained
Classified under:
Similar:
uncharged (of a particle or body or system; having no charge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
Example:
a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything
Classified under:
Similar:
empty (emptied of emotion)
exhausted (drained physically)
Antonym:
undrained (not drained)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Very tired
Synonyms:
drained; knackered
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb drain
Context examples:
Over the gently rising plain curved the white road which leads inland, usually flecked with travellers, but now with scarce a living form upon it, so completely had the lists drained all the district of its inhabitants.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A roar of delight from his audience, with stamping of feet and beating of blackjacks against the ground, showed how thoroughly the song was to their taste, while John modestly retired into a quart pot, which he drained in four giant gulps.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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