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Meanings of drained in inglés

Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)

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Very tired.

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Examples for "knackered"
Examples for "knackered"
1
I don't remember if I was saying a prayer or just knackered.
The Guardian
2
He shows me the knackered knee that did for his football ambitions.
The Guardian
3
We'd arrived alongside the most knackered Gaz van left in the Eastern bloc.
Exit wound
4
But would Nick Clegg really want to prop up a knackered, 12-year administration?
The Guardian
5
Often, I'd leave and return from the job in darkness, knackered.
The Irish Times

Drained of electric charge; discharged.

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Usage of drained in inglés
1
The long unsolved case had drained the public and law enforcement alike.
Secret of the seventh son
2
That exhilarating rush of power was gone; now I felt completely drained.
The iron king
3
The pond shall be drained, holy father; I have already ordered it.
Sir Nigel
4
Drowning in the wine-dark sea.' She lifted her cup and drained it.
Roma Victrix
5
They cleared off the whins of the mountain; they drained the bogs.
The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland
6
Hill drained another open three to push the Bucks' lead to 14.
Reuters
7
Five years and six months later, all that optimism has drained away.
The Irish Times
8
The Philippines and Alaska had drained the Pacific coast of surplus labor.
War of the Classes
9
It aged you too quickly and drained you of energy and hope.
Armageddon's Children
10
How can you even ask? Rage drained out, leaving an ache behind.
Love- from his point of view!
11
He'd drained his first glass; he made his second a little smaller.
RING
12
My attempts to counter proved pointless after she drained the saucer's power.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
13
The general slapped Von Heckmann upon the shoulder and drained his glass.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
14
I was drained and exhausted, but sleep felt a long way off.
Long time coming: a novel
15
She was still deeply drained by the work of the night before.
The wandering fire
16
Most of the refugees I spoke to had been drained of hope.
The Guardian
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