drained : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drained	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drained adj emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything" Antonym(s): undrained very tired Synonym(s): knackered, drained drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained" Synonym(s): dead, drained
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drain \Drain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.] 1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of. Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. --Bacon. But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley. 2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie. Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon. 3. To filter. Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. --Bacon.