drain
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration.
will drain
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future tenseof drain.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The owner of a water park has said he will drain the lake to prevent someone from potentially drowning unless young trespassers stop swimming in it at night.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
The brewing narrative is that artificial-intelligence coding tools will drain the moats that these companies have worked so hard to fill over the past decades.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
As a lifelong grifter, he can't help but keep returning to the site of a successful shakedown, and will drain a victim dry, as long as they keep complying.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
That will starve the spacecraft of energy, and its batteries will drain.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
And the claypan, as it’s called, has to be carefully engineered so that it will drain properly and also keep the plants submerged at the optimum level.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
