"drain" meaning in Engels

See drain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dreɪn/ Audio: en-us-drain.ogg
  1. afvoer, drainage
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-noun-3ZAKqWwI
  2. afvoerkanaal, draineerbuis
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-noun-y-DipE1t
  3. afvoerbuis, riool
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-noun--HIZCNxe
  4. drain
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-noun-UQNFR478 Categories (other): Medisch_in_het_Engels Topics: medicine
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brain drain, drainage, drainpipe

Verb

IPA: /dreɪn/ Audio: en-us-drain.ogg
  1. laten afdruipen, uitlekken Tags: transitive
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-verb-f~L-VG2E Categories (other): Kookkunst_in_het_Engels, Overgankelijk werkwoord in het Engels Topics: culinary
  2. afvoeren, afwateren, draineren, droogleggen, ontwateren Tags: transitive
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-verb-mzKDVLMc Categories (other): Overgankelijk werkwoord in het Engels
  3. aftappen Tags: transitive
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-verb-n~9eifs7 Categories (other): Overgankelijk werkwoord in het Engels
  4. uitlekken Tags: transitive
    Sense id: nl-drain-en-verb-O8CALm1W Categories (other): Overgankelijk werkwoord in het Engels
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drainable

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "naar de knoppen",
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