Definition for Draining:

• The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.

Synonyms for Draining:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • draining.
  •exhausting (adjective)
  • more sapping,
  • more debilitating,
  • most debilitating,
  • most sapping.
  •pouring (adjective)
  • most raining,
  • most spouting,
  • most flooding,
  • dis charging,
  • more discharging,
  • more spilling,
  • more spurting,
  • most discharging,
  • more spouting,
  • dis-charging,
  • most showering,
  • more showering,
  • more flooding,
  • most spurting,
  • most spilling,
  • more raining.
  •ruinous (adjective)
  • Wrackful,
  • tumbledown.
  •streaming (adjective)
  • pouring.
  •tiring (adjective)
  • taxing,
  • tiresome.
  •wearying (adjective)
  • over burdening,
  • over-burdening,
  • more overburdening,
  • most overburdening.

• n.

  •
  • tired.
  •debilitating (noun)
  • debilitating.
  •evacuation (noun)
  • dis charges,
  • emptyings,
  • dis-charge,
  • dis-charges,
  • dis charge.
  •refinement (noun)
  • processings,
  • detersions,
  • filterings,
  • pro-cessing,
  • pro cessing,
  • drainings.

• v.

  •decreasing (verb)
  • dwindling,
  • receding,
  • eroding,
  • lessening,
  • lowering,
  • dying down,
  • decreasing,
  • Truncating,
  • abating,
  • Concentrating,
  • contracting,
  • Abridging,
  • Depleting,
  • subsiding,
  • Abbreviating,
  • Deducting,
  • shortening,
  • deflating,
  • decrementing,
  • compressing,
  • shrinking,
  • diminishing,
  • Compacting.
  •diminishing (verb)
  • shaving,
  • tapering,
  • reducing,
  • nipping,
  • downgrading,
  • minimizing,
  • pruning,
  • lightening,
  • trimming,
  • Bobbing,
  • condensing,
  • Weeding,
  • paring.
  •drying (verb)
  • emptying,
  • pumping out,
  • Evaporating,
  • Desiccating,
  • Parching,
  • mopping,
  • dehumidifying,
  • Catheterizing,
  • withering,
  • Blotting,
  • Stanching,
  • Wiping,
  • dehydrating,
  • Vaporizing,
  • sucking dry,
  • wringing out,
  • Drying,
  • swabbing.
  •enervating (verb)
  • tapping,
  • enervating,
  • Dissipating,
  • Sapping.
  •exiting (verb)
  • issuing,
  • running off,
  • spouting,
  • exiting,
  • departing.
  •rejecting (verb)
  • shedding,
  • seeping,
  • Secreting,
  • erupting,
  • Checking,
  • barring,
  • Ejecting,
  • Trashing,
  • Sniping,
  • Lopping,
  • belching,
  • junking,
  • Eliminating,
  • shearing,
  • Discharging,
  • vomiting,
  • Culling,
  • Evacuating,
  • Cropping,
  • Curtailing,
  • clipping,
  • excreting,
  • Spewing,
  • Rejecting,
  • venting,
  • emitting,
  • jettisoning,
  • exuding,
  • Disclaiming,
  • Chopping,
  • Blackballing,
  • Denying,
  • disapproving,
  • Discarding,
  • Abandoning,
  • Jilting,
  • blacklisting,
  • cutting,
  • Disgorging,
  • Excluding,
  • Excising,
  • deep-sixing,
  • Ejaculating,
  • Oppugning,
  • Disallowing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Milking.
  •
  • drain.
  •
  • ruinous.
  •bloodletting
  • phlebotomy.

Paraphrases for Draining:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    drain.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    drain.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    drains.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    culverts, chemicals.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Evacuating, evacuation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    straining, Dredging, Discharging, Removing, absorbing, Sterilizing, Channelling, Depriving, dwindling, Disposing, expausting, flowing, exhausting, Depleting, Transporting, Undergoing, exploding, ranking, tiring, purging, finishing, serving, emitting, Balling, eating, Drying.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Doing.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    drainages.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dewatering, Drying.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    bleeding, gruelling, dumping, pump, Pumping, Flushing, stripping, emptying, dewatering, Evacuating.

Antonyms for Draining:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    invigorating.

Draining Sentence Examples:

• By a well - planned system, the cost of draining a place can be greatly reduced, and the water made very useful.

• He did so readily, draining the contents to the last drop.

Homophones for Draining:

• dermic, drainage, dairying, dromaius, drawing, dreariness, dithering, diadromous, dreaminess, deterrence, droning, DRMS, determining, dryness, daydreaming, dude ranch, daring, dormancy, drink, darning, drench, doddering, dearness, durango, deer mouse, derange, drunk, durance, dormouse, drimys, drumming, dermis, dreaming.