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"
Used in a Sentence
drained
How to use drained in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for drained.
Editorial note
Reservoirs exist to be tapped like this and drained down.
Examples11
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
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"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of drained gathered in one view.
very tired
drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for drained.
adjective
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"
adjective
very tired
See also: knackered
adjective
drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
See also: dead
Example sentences
Reservoirs exist to be tapped like this and drained down.
They're not bricking because of being drained, they're bricking because they're drained and then left for months.
It's a numbness to being objectified, passed around and drained of value.
And then I read this in the blog:I had such a long waiting period, that all my energy and momentum was drained.
Regenerative breaking will not charge your battery any more than you drained it getting up to that speed in the first place.
It's high time the silo gets drained for a more swampy, organic, bubbling ooze sort of scattershot approach of crowdfunding.
But I've never actually drained my Pro's battery, so I'd take lighter-weight versus increased battery lifespan.
Another summer had me working at a company making "apps" for 40 hours a week, and it fucking drained me... despite taking far less intelligence and brain effort.
It would run in the bag with no ventilation when I didn't realize it until the battery drained and it would fail to shutdown until the hardware fail-safes took over and I realized my backpack was too hot to hold.
I believe some of them had borderline personality disorder... at any rate they were highly manipulative, and a large part of the training for the job was about how to avoid being taken in / drained by them.
If I hadn't been there to turn her around and make sure the fluid was drained as best as I could without any equipment or other assistance, she would have died quite horribly right there under the eyes of nurses and doctors.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use drained in a sentence?
Reservoirs exist to be tapped like this and drained down.
What does drained mean?
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"
What part of speech is drained?
drained is commonly used as adjective.