drain
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration.
am draining
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present progressiveof drain (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I do not observe any pronounced hesitation on the part of my plundered victims, even though they surprise me at the moment when I am draining the jar; they continue their work with quiet industry.
From The Mason-Bees by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
My poor sister, I am draining the cup to the dregs.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
