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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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drainboard

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drainboard
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drain - board -> drainboard

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပန်းကန်ဆေးကန် ဘေးရှိ ပန်းကန်ရေစစ်စင်။

Full entry

drain /dreÇn/ n

၁။ [C] ရေမြောင်း။ ရေပြွန်။
We had to call in a plumber to unblock the drains.
၂။ [C] (US ) = PLUG-HOLE
၃။ [sing] ~ on sb/sth ပြုန်းတီးမှု။ ယိုပေါက်။ Military spending is a huge drain on the country's resources.
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၁။ ~ (sth) (from sth); ~ (sth) (away/off) စီးဆင်းသွား သည်။ ဖောက်ထုတ်သည်။ ဆုတ်သွားသည်။ All the blood drained from his face (eg on hearing bad news). ❍ The bath-water slowly drained away. ❍ A mechanic drained (the oil from) the engine.
၂။ (က) ရေစင်အောင် စစ်ထားသည်။ Leave the dishes to drain.
(ခ) မြောင်းဖောက်၍ ရေစစ်ထုတ် သည်။ ရေဖောက်ထုတ်သည်။ drain swamps/marshes ❍ good, well-drained soil/land.
၃။ ဖန်ခွက်ကို ပြောင်အောင် မော့ချသည်။ drain one's glass (dry).
၄။ ~ sb/sth (of sth) (ငွေ၊ အင်အားစသည်) တဖြည်းဖြည်း ဆုတ်ယုတ်သည်၊ ကုန်ခန်း သည်။ feel drained of energy ❍ The experience left her emotionally drained.
❏ (go) down the drain [IDM ] (infml ) အလဟဿ ဖြစ်သွားသည်။ A single mistake, and all that time and money would go down the drain. See also BRAIN DRAIN
❏ drain away [PHRV ] တဖြည်းဖြည်း လုံးပါးပါးသည်။ Her life was slowly draining away (ie She was slowly dying).
❏ draining-board (US drainboard ) n ပန်းကန်ဆေးကန် ဘေးရှိ ပန်းကန်ရေစစ်စင်။

More examples
  • When the pasta is cooked, drain it and serve immediately.
  • All water tanks and pipes should be drained.
  • [drain something from something] : Drain all the syrup from the tins.
  • [drain away/off] : Put the steaks on a rack to let the fat drain off.
  • Rainwater causes flooding when it can’t drain away.
  • The marshes have now been completely drained.
  • They all rose and drained their glasses.
  • Fighting legal battles is draining the company’s resources.
Synonyms
use up, exhaust, consume, deplete, bleed dry, sap, abate, bankrupt, bleed, catheterize, cesspit, cesspool, channel, cloaca, conduit, culvert, debilitate, decline, decrease, devitalize, diminish, discharge liquid, dissipate, ditch, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, duct, dwindle, effuse, empty, evacuate, expend, exude, fatigue, filter off, finish, flow, flow out, free from, get last drop, get rid of, groove, gulp down, gutter, impoverish, leak, leave dry, lessen, milk, ooze, open drain, osmose, outlet, percolate, pipe, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, run off, seep, septic tank, sewer, sink, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, sump, swallow, tap, taper off, tax, tire out, trench, trickle, trough, waste, watercourse, wear, wear down, weary, well, withdraw
Antonyms
build, create, develop, energize, enlarge, expand, extend, fill, grow, hoard, increase, invigorate, keep, pour, raise, refresh, replenish, rise, save, strengthen
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use upexhaustconsumedepletebleed drysapabatebankruptbleedcatheterizecesspitcesspoolchannelcloacaconduitculvertdebilitatedeclinedecreasedevitalizediminishdischarge liquiddissipateditchdivertdraftdraw offdrink up
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