drained
1. 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 • Ant: undrained • Similar to: empty, exhausted 2. very tired • Syn: knackered • Similar to: tired • Regions: United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain 3. drained of electric charge; discharged - a dead battery - left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained • Syn: dead • Similar to: uncharged • Derivationally related forms: deadness (for: dead)
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