DRAINING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does draining mean? 

• DRAINING (adjective)
  The adjective DRAINING has 1 sense:

1. having a debilitating effect

  Familiarity information: DRAINING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAINING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a debilitating effect

Synonyms:

draining; exhausting

Context example:

an exhausting job in the hot sun

Similar:

debilitating (impairing the strength and vitality)

 Context examples 

A small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication.

(Cannula Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal enlargement of a kidney, which may be caused by blockage of the ureter (such as by a kidney stone) or chronic kidney disease that prevents urine from draining into the bladder.

(Hydronephrosis, NCI Dictionary)

“Sir Claude Latour and the White Company!” shouted the travellers, draining off their goblets.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Abnormal enlargement of the ureter caused by any blockage that prevents urine from draining into the bladder.

(Hydroureter, NCI Dictionary)

Any component associated with of the base of the skull and facial bones, sinuses, orbits, salivary glands, oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, thyroid, facial and neck musculature and lymph nodes draining these areas.

(Head and Neck Part, NCI Thesaurus)

If a relationship did not concern you last month, it could be that you had a health concern, since having Uranus oppose the Sun in Scorpio can be quite draining for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A method of euthanasia whereby a subject is shot in the brain with a captive bolt pistol causing immediate and permanent unconsciousness or death, followed by draining the body of blood.

(Captive Bolt and Exsanguination Euthanasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital abnormality characterized by the presence of two separate ureters draining a kidney.

(Duplicated Ureter, NCI Thesaurus)

A duct in the embryo draining the mesonephric tubules.

(Mesonephric Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

This delayed activation strategy optimizes DC accumulation in local draining lymph nodes prior to DC activation. iCD40 contains a membrane-localized cytoplasmic CD40 domain fused to a drug-binding domain.

(Autologous Prostate Cancer Antigen-expressing Dendritic Cell Vaccine BPX-101, NCI Thesaurus)