draining 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of drainingnext
as in exhausting

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draining

2 of 2

verb

present participle of drain
1
as in pumping
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely we drained the water from the tank before cleaning it

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2
as in consuming
to make complete use of virtually drained the country's natural resources

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3
as in killing
to use up all the physical energy of the long hike drained us

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draining
  1. pumping
  2. sucking
  3. consuming
  4. debilitating
  5. emptying
  6. spending
  7. absorbing
  8. siphoning
Verb
  • The Federal Reserve only just started bringing down short-term interest rates in recent months after pumping them up in the last two years to address inflation.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Asher said states and local governments, as well as philanthropies, are pumping money into programs to bring down violent crime.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of pumping
Verb
  • Directed by Robert Eggers, the gothic horror film sees newlyweds Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) and Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) haunted by the treacherous, blood-sucking Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgard).
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This time around, even critics were convinced, joining in with libidinous fans to praise the blood-sucking second season, which was recently nominated for two Critics Choice Awards after being largely snubbed by voting bodies last year.
    Elaina Patton, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of sucking
Verb
  • Customer stickiness comes from consuming more services and, thereby, realizing greater value.
    Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Federal and state experts encourage people and their pets to avoid consuming raw or undercooked meat products, as well as raw dairy, to avoid the spread of disease.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of consuming
Adjective
  • Humanitarian organizations have consistently reported a debilitating lack of water, food, medical care, vital hygiene supplies and other essentials reaching the territory's uprooted population, many of whom have been forced to relocate several times.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Emotional dysregulation has traditionally been overlooked as one of the most debilitating aspects of ADHD and has resulted in people being misdiagnosed with conditions like depression and anxiety.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of debilitating
Verb
  • Bathrooms Start by emptying your bathroom cabinets and drawers out completely, then wipe them down inside and out.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The company website includes a safety page with advice on how to minimize risk of injury while at the park, including following all park rules, emptying pockets beforehand and only sliding down one person at a time.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of emptying
Verb
  • The Phillies will likely hold onto Bohm and as a result, will likely avoid spending $200 million on Bregman.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the explicitly and deliberately religious charter school is a state actor, and therefore cannot skirt the state’s constitutional rules against spending public education money for religious purposes.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of spending
Verb
  • Taking a look at the cover art really helps with absorbing the concept.
    Eoghan O'Donnell, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Success meant absorbing the abstract pattern and predicting which feeder would open the next day—a feat that may require not just associative learning but executive functioning, which can include the abilities to assess a situation, make plans, and put them into action.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of absorbing
Verb
  • The unusually large size of this bulge compared with the galaxy’s disk is possibly thanks to UGC 10043 siphoning material from a nearby dwarf galaxy.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Eventually, the thieves began siphoning syrup directly from the barrels in the reserve without refilling them.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of siphoning
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