drain

1. Down the drain To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain.

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1. A gradual outflow or loss; consumption or depletion: the drain of young talent by emigration.

2. A pipe or channel by which liquid is drawn off.

3. Medicine A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or body cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material.

4. Something that causes a gradual loss: interruptions that are a drain on my patience.

5. The act or process of draining.

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1. To discharge surface or surplus water.

2. To become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping .

3. To disappear gradually .

4. To flow off gradually.

5. To empty by drinking the contents of .

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1. To become empty by the drawing off of liquid: watched the tub slowly drain.

2. To become gradually depleted; dwindle: felt his enthusiasm draining.

3. To discharge surface or excess water: The Niagara River drains into Lake Ontario. When flooded, the swamp drains northward.

4. To flow off or out: Gasoline drained slowly from the tilted can.

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1. To cause liquid to go out from; empty: drained the bathtub; drain the pond.

2. To deplete gradually, especially to the point of complete exhaustion. See Synonyms at deplete.

3. To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process: drained water from the sink.

4. To draw off the surface water of: The Mississippi River drains a vast area.

5. To drink all the contents of: drained the cup.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
ranid	6	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ai	2
na	2
in	2
id	3
da	3
ad	3
an	2
ar	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
air	3
rin	3
rid	4
ria	3
ran	3
rai	3
rad	4
din	4
dan	4
aid	4
ain	3
and	4
ani	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
arid	5
rani	4
rand	5
rain	4
raid	5
airn	4
rind	5
nard	5
darn	5

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ranid	6
dinar	6
nadir	6
drain	6