Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to drain
Participle: drained
Gerund: draining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | drain |
| you | drain |
| he;she;it | drains |
| we | drain |
| you | drain |
| they | drain |
Perfect
| I | have drained |
| you | have drained |
| he;she;it | has drained |
| we | have drained |
| you | have drained |
| they | have drained |
Past
| I | drained |
| you | drained |
| he;she;it | drained |
| we | drained |
| you | drained |
| they | drained |
Pluperfect
| I | had drained |
| you | had drained |
| he;she;it | had drained |
| we | had drained |
| you | had drained |
| they | had drained |
Future
| I | will drain |
| you | will drain |
| he;she;it | will drain |
| we | will drain |
| you | will drain |
| they | will drain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have drained |
| you | will have drained |
| he;she;it | will have drained |
| we | will have drained |
| you | will have drained |
| they | will have drained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | drain |
| you | drain |
| he;she;it | drain |
| we | drain |
| you | drain |
| they | drain |
Perfect
| I | have drained |
| you | have drained |
| he;she;it | have drained |
| we | have drained |
| you | have drained |
| they | have drained |
Imperfect
| I | drained |
| you | drained |
| he;she;it | drained |
| we | drained |
| you | drained |
| they | drained |
Pluperfect
| I | had drained |
| you | had drained |
| he;she;it | had drained |
| we | had drained |
| you | had drained |
| they | had drained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would drain |
| you | would drain |
| he;she;it | would drain |
| we | would drain |
| you | would drain |
| they | would drain |
Perfect
| I | would have drained |
| you | would have drained |
| he;she;it | would have drained |
| we | would have drained |
| you | would have drained |
| they | would have drained |
Imperative
| you | drain |
| we | Let's drain |
| you | drain |
Verbs conjugated like 'drain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'drain'
brain,
derain,
drail,
drein,
grain,
rain,
train,
amain,
berain,
braid,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- draw
- draft, milk, divert, bleed, pump, remove, siphon
- deplete
- exhaust, empty, weary, sap, tax
- trickle
- ooze, effuse
Antonyms
- draw
- repel, repulse, reject, throw
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *draugiz
5. Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną
6. Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn
7. Old English drēahnian
8. Middle English *dreinen
9. English drain
10. Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-, from *dʰer-. Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.
Verbs referencing "drain"
French
drainer, Valencian
drenar, Portuguese
drenar, Spanish
drenar, Italian
drenare, Norwegian
drenere, Norwegian, nynorsk
drenere, Welsh
draenio.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Lord's massy, please give me some water ! ” The woman Cassy—for it was she,—set down her lantern, and, pouring water from a bottle, raised his head, and gave him drink. Another and another cup were drained, with feverish eagerness.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Bit by bit, you should savor your life being drained from your body
(Magudam)