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Definition: Draining |
DrainingAdjective1. Having a debilitating effect; "a killing job in the hot sun". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "draining" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Draining the juice from crushed grapes or the wine from marc(pomace). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DrainingSynonyms: exhausting (adj), killing (adj). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | It's the brain drain, his brain's draining. (Help!; writing credit: Marc Behm; Charles Wood) | |
Clever | I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work was just too draining. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Washing, draining, and flaking herring at sardine cannery, Eastport, Maine From a photograph by T. W. Smillie. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Oil draining from tanks into slush pit. Slick, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Griffith Consumers Co. Draining of storage oil tanks. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Draining kettle into sink. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Water slowly draining and bubbling through a clogged drain. | | Water draining in a sink. |
| Water splashing in the sink while it is draining. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Draining mucus may also cause itching. (references) | |
If so, runoff from rain or flood water may be draining directly into your well causing contamination. (references) | ||
By draining syrinx fluid, a shunt can arrest the progression of symptoms and relieve pain, headache, and tightness. (references) | ||
Business | A declining infant mortality rate and a rising fertility rate are draining the state-run healthcare system, increasing the need to replace old equipment and otherwise maintain an acceptable level of medical services. (references) | |
Children | Zimbabwe | In January the High Court sentenced Naison Ndlovu to death for killing a 3-year-old girl in 1999 and draining her blood into a bottle for ritual purposes. (references) |
Economic History | Bangladesh | In a poor country like Bangladesh, the opportunity cost of operating a resource draining SOE is acute, as resources are moved away from social sectors like health and education. (references) |
Iraq | A disastrous attempt to drain the southern marshes and introduce irrigated farming to this region merely destroyed a natural food producing area, while concentration of salts and minerals in the soil due to the draining left the land unsuitable for agriculture. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Draining" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 83.04% of the time. "Draining" is used about 283 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 83.04% | 235 | 19,568 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.25% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.36% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.35% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 283 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "draining": draining away ♦ draining board ♦ draining gutter ♦ draining rack ♦ Draining tile ♦ mole draining plough. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "draining": draining-board. | |
Ending with "draining": free-draining. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "draining"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afwatering. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отводнителен (drainage). (various references) | |
Chinese | '泄 (Drained, Excretion). (various references) | |
Czech | odkapávaè (draining board). (various references) | |
Danish | dræning (dehydration, drainage, land drainage, land drying, screening, straining), afvanding (dehydrating, dehydration, drainage, highway drainage, land drying, thickening). (various references) | |
Dutch | drainering, drainage (drainage), uitlekken, ontwatering (dehydration, dewatering, drainage, land drying), afwatering (drainage, highway drainage, wicking). (various references) | |
Esperanto | drenado. (various references) | |
Finnish | ojitus (ditching, underground drainage), kuivatus (drying). (various references) | |
French | drainant, drainage (drain, drainage), ressuage, purge (drain), essorage (drainage), asséchant, évacuation, égouttoir (draining rack), égouttage par gravité, égouttage (drainage, dripping). (various references) | |
German | dränage (drainage). (various references) | |
Greek | αποστράγγιση (dewatering, drainage, drainage of mines, highway drainage, mine pumping, wicking), αποστραγγίζω (drain). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מצוי (available, common, current, exhaustion, extraction, frequent, ordinary, regular, squeezing, usual). (various references) | |
Hungarian | alagcsövezés (drainage). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bandaran (channel). (various references) | |
Italian | drenaggio (drain, drainage), sgrondatura (screening, straining), fognatura integrale (drainage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 捌け (drainage). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | はけ (brush, commutator brush, drainage, paint brush). (various references) | |
Korean | 배수. (various references) | |
Manx | teaumey (bail, bail as small boat, bale, baling, decant, decantation, drain, draw off, drawing off, empty, empty of liquid, pour out, pouring, pump empty, pump out, run off, tax as strength; teeming, tax; teeming, tip, tip as lorry), sornaigey (sewering), jeeigey (ditch, ditching, drain, exhaust, hollow, tilt), jeeiganeagh (rilly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ainingdray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escorrimento. (various references) | |
Romanian | drenare (drainage), drenaj (drain, drainage), desecare. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | isušivanje (drainage, drying up). (various references) | |
Spanish | desagüe (drain, drainage, gutter, outfall, outflow, outlet, plughole). (various references) | |
Swedish | dränering (drainage), vattenavledning (drainage), avsaftning. (various references) | |
Turkish | bulaşıklık (dish rack, drainer, draining board), bulaşık suyunun süzüldüğü oluklar (drainer, draining board). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Kings Chapter 16, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai equmiasen thn olokautwsin autou kai thn qusian autou kai thn spondhn autou kai proseceen to aima twn eirhnikwn twn autou epi to qusiasthrion |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et libavit libamina et fudit sanguinem pacificorum quae obtulerat super altare |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And held the blode of pesyble thingis, `the whiche he hadde offred vpon the auter. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meat-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings upon the altar. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Kings Chapter 16, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | Ug iyang gisunog ang iyang halad-nga-sinunog ug ang iyang halad-nga-kalan-on, ug gibubo ang iyang halad-nga-ilimnon, ug gisablig ang dugo sa iyang mga halad-sa-pakigdait, sa ibabaw sa halaran. |
| Croatian | Spalio je na žrtveniku svoju paljenicu i svoju prinosnicu, izlio svoju ljevanicu i krvlju prièesnica poškropio žrtvenik. |
| Danish | og han ofrede sit Brændoffer og Afgrødeoffer, udgød sit Drikoffer og sprængte Blodet af sine Takofre på Alteret. |
| Dutch | En hij stak zijn brandoffer aan, en zijn spijsoffer, en goot zijn drankoffer en sprengde het bloed zijner dankofferen op dat altaar. |
| Finnish | poltti polttouhrinsa ja ruokauhrinsa, vuodatti juomauhrinsa ja vihmoi uhraamansa uhrin veren alttarille. |
| French | il fit brûler son holocauste et son offrande, versa ses libations, et répandit sur l`autel le sang de ses sacrifices d`actions de grâces. |
| German | und zündete darauf an sein Brandopfer und Speisopfer und goß darauf sein Trankopfer und ließ das Blut der Dankopfer, die er opferte, auf den Altar sprengen. |
| Haitian Creole | Li fè boule yon bèt sou li, li fè ofrann grenn jaden. Li vide yon ofrann diven ak san bèt li te ofri pou di mèsi a sou lotèl la tou. |
| Hungarian | És meggyújtotta az õ égõáldozatját és ételáldozatját, és áldozott italáldozattal is, és az õ hálaáldozatainak vérét elhintette az oltár körül. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu di atas mezbah itu ia mempersembahkan kurban binatang serta kurban gandum. Ia juga menuang kurban anggur dan darah dari kurban perdamaian ke atas mezbah itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan dinyalakannya korban bakarannya dan persembahan makanannya dan dicucurkannya persembahan minumannya dan dipercikkannya darah korban syukurnya kepada mezbah itu. |
| Maori | Na ka tahuna e ia tana tahunga tinana me tana whakahere totokore, ka ringihia tana ringihanga, a tauhiuhia ana nga toto o ana whakahere mo te pai ki runga ki te aata. |
| Norwegian | Og han brente sitt brennoffer og sitt matoffer og helte ut sitt drikkoffer, og han sprengte blodet av sitt takkoffer på alteret. |
| Portuguese | queimou o seu holocausto e a sua oferta de cereais, derramou a sua libação, e espargiu o sangue dos seus sacrifícios pacíficos sobre o altar. |
| Rumanian | A ars pe el arderea de tot wi darul de mkncare, a vqrsat jertfele de bquturq, wi a stropit pe altar skngele jertfelor de mulyqmire. |
| Russian | Й УПЦЕЗ ЧУЕУПЦЦЕОЙЕ УЧПЕ Й ИМЕ'ОПЕ ТЙОПЫЕОЙЕ, Й УПЧЕТЫЙМ ЧПЪМЙСОЙЕ УЧПЕ, Й ПЛТП ЙМ ЛТПЧША НЙТОПК ЦЕТФЧЩ УЧПК ЦЕТФЧЕООЙЛ. |
| Swedish | Därefter förbrände han sitt brännoffer och sitt spisoffer och utgöt sitt drickoffer; och blodet av det tackoffer som han offrade stänkte han på altaret. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Draining" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: diazinon, drawning, drayning, Drimnin, drinan, Drinnon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "draining" (pronounced drā"ning) |
| 5 | -r ā" n i ng | constraining, overtraining, raining, refraining, reigning, reining, restraining, retraining, straining, training. |
| 4 | -ā" n i ng | abstaining, ascertaining, attaining, campaigning, caning, chaining, complaining, containing, detaining, disdaining, entertaining, explaining, feigning, gaining, maintaining, obtaining, ordaining, pertaining, regaining, remaining, retaining, staining, sustaining, waning. |
| 3 | -n i ng | apportioning, abandoning, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, assigning, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, Downing, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, envisioning, evening, examining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, opening, opining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, rejoining, relearning, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-i-n-n-r" | |
-1 letter: darning, ingrain, raiding, raining. | |
-2 letters: aiding, airing, daring, dining, gradin, indign, niding, riding. | |
-3 letters: dinar, drain, garni, grain, grand, grind, indri, iring, nadir, radii, ranid, rigid. | |
-4 letters: agin, airn, arid, dang, darn, ding, drag, gadi, gain, gird, girn, gnar, grad, gran, grid, grin, inia, irid, nard, nidi, ragi, raid, rain, rand, rang, rani, rind. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-i-n-n-r" | |
+1 letter: ingrained, ordaining. | |
+2 letters: brigandine, deraigning, detraining, indurating, marinading, niggarding, poniarding, reinvading, unbraiding. | |
+3 letters: brandishing, brigandines, denigrating, denigration, distraining, fundraising, handrailing, handwriting, ingrainedly, misbranding, randomizing, reordaining. | |
+4 letters: aggrandising, aggrandizing, breadwinning, coordinating, denigrations, deracinating, disarranging, fundraisings, gormandising, gormandizing, handrailings, handwringing, handwritings, intergrading, interlarding, nonirrigated, philandering, preordaining, remaindering, reprimanding. | |
+5 letters: administering, animadverting, breadwinnings, contradicting, credentialing, decarbonizing, defibrinating, disheartening, disorganizing, foreordaining, gourmandizing, handwringings, incarnadining, interpleading, masterminding, merchandising, merchandizing, predominating, standardising, standardizing, subordinating, underpainting. | |
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