draining Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb flow off gradually
    run out; drain.
    • The rain water drains into this big vat
  2. verb deplete of resources
    drain.
    • The exercise class drains me of energy
  3. verb empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
    drain.
    • We drained the oil tank
  4. verb make weak
    debilitate; enfeeble; drain.
    • Life in the camp drained him
  5. adjective satellite having a debilitating effect
    exhausting.
    • an exhausting job in the hot sun

WordNet

Drain"ing verbal noun
Etymology
of Drain, v. t.
Definitions
  1. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.

Webster 1913