different between exude vs drain
exude
English
Etymology
Latin exudare, exsudare (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudare (“to sweat”), from sudor "sweat"
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???zud/, /?k?sud/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???zju?d/
Verb
exude (third-person singular simple present exudes, present participle exuding, simple past and past participle exuded)
- (transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
- 1870, William Henry Wilkins, The Romance of Isabel
- There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours
- 1870, William Henry Wilkins, The Romance of Isabel
- (intransitive) To flow out through the pores.
- 2013, Vladimir G. Plekhanov, Applications of the Isotopic Effect in Solids (page 258)
- The molten glass exudes into the space outside the outer crucible, and a filament is pulled from the exudant to form a cored glass fiber.
- 2013, Vladimir G. Plekhanov, Applications of the Isotopic Effect in Solids (page 258)
Derived terms
- exudation
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “exude”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- DExEU
Spanish
Verb
exude
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exudar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exudar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of exudar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of exudar.
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drain
English
Alternative forms
- drein (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English dreinen, from Old English dr?ahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhn?n? (“to strain, sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, parched”). Akin to Old English dr?gian (“to dry up”), Old English dr?gaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English dr??e (“dry”). More at dry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?e?n/, IPA(key): /d??e?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
drain (plural drains)
- (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- (chiefly Britain) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- (vulgar) An act of urination.
- (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- (pinball) An outhole.
- (Britain, slang, dated) A drink.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes
- When the play was over, we came out together, and I said, "We've been very companionable and agreeable, and perhaps you wouldn't object to a drain?"
- 1966, Henry Mayhew, ?Peter Quennell, London's Underworld (page 48)
- What did she want with money, except now and then for a drain of white satin.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drain (third-person singular simple present drains, present participle draining, simple past and past participle drained)
- (intransitive) To lose liquid.
- The clogged sink drained slowly.
- Knock knock.
Who's there?
Dwayne.
Dwayne who?
Drain the bathtub, I'm drowning.
- (intransitive) To flow gradually.
- The water of low ground drains off.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
- Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
- (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
- (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
- The stress of this job is really draining me.
- (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- But it was not alone that he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
- (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
- (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Derived terms
- drainable
- drainage
- drain away
- draining (adjective)
- drain out
- drain the lizard (vulgar)
- drain the main vain
Descendants
- ? French: drainer (see there for further descendants)
Translations
Anagrams
- Darin, Drina, Indra, Nadir, Nardi, Ndari, Radin, dinar, nadir, ranid
Cimbrian
Numeral
drain
- dative of drai
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