drain
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration.
drained
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past participleof drain.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof drain.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
drainverb (used with object)to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration.
Example Sentences
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Residents were also outraged that the nearby Santa Ynez Reservoir, which had been drained for lengthy repairs, sat empty and dry as neighborhoods burned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Within hours the hackers had drained his cryptocurrency accounts of £18,000 of savings and disappeared.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Those poor girls were pawns in the local political wrangle as much as I was. They were being drained and wrung out and so was I,” Flynn wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The film’s body is drained — an inanimate husk.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
I felt drained too when I thought how much could be taken away from one moment to the next.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
