Words / B2

DRAYN/dreɪn/

To drain is to remove liquid; as a noun, a pipe that takes liquid away; a drain on means a heavy use of money or energy: drain the filtrate; a blocked drain. Sewer is the larger waste system; exhaust is a close twin for energy. Drain the filtrate in the practical; a drain on the budget still needs the £ figure. Mix-up: drain vs grain; rain; do not write drain for a slogan “energy” with no pipe or cost.

Meaning

To remove liquid; as a noun, a pipe that takes liquid away; a drain on means a heavy use of money or energy.

Examples

• “Drain the filtrate in the practical; a drain on the budget still needs the £ figure.”
• “A storm drain featured on the site plan, which is the pipe sense — still name the flood risk.”

Good to know

drain away / off; a drain on; down the drain; storm drain. Close: sewer / exhaust. Trap: grain. Science, geography, and accounts. Remove liquid, a waste pipe, or a heavy cost — specify.

Near in meaning

empty, sewer, exhaust

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