- draining, exhausting - having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun"
Antonym: invigorating (indirect, via debilitating)
- drain, run out - flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"
--1 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun drainage1, noun drain3
The water drains
- drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"
--2 is one way to consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun drain4
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- drain - empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
--3 is one way to empty
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun drainage1, noun drain3, noun drain1
They drain the water
- enfeeble, debilitate, drain - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
--4 is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to drain Sue