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Drained Common

Drained has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of drain

"After hours of intense work, his energy was completely drained by the deadline."

Adjective
1

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"

2

very tired

"After hiking up the mountain for hours, I was completely drained and could barely stand to take another step."

3

drained of electric charge; discharged

"a dead battery"

"left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

4

Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.

"After working double shifts for three days straight, I was completely drained by the time I got home."

Example Sentences
"a drained marsh" adjective
"a drained tank" adjective
"a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything" adjective
"a dead battery" adjective
"left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
undrained
Rhyming Words
ned sned woned paned tuned coned faned acned mined waned vaned zoned laned pwned maned tined toned lined boned fined
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