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Drainer
Drain′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, drains.
Definition 2024
drainer
drainer
English
Noun
drainer (plural drainers)
- That which drains.
- 1999, Pai Obanya, The dilemma of education in Africa (page 175)
- The radical shift in mentality is even more necessary when analysts see Education simply as a drainer of resources.
- 2003, Gail Waesche Kislevitz, The Spirit of the Marathon (page 78)
- I know that poor form is one of the biggest drainers of energy, so even though I slowed down significantly I made a very conscious effort to maintain good form.
- 1999, Pai Obanya, The dilemma of education in Africa (page 175)
- A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally.
- A person who explores drains, tunnels, and/or sewers.
Synonyms
(frame or rack for drying):
Translations
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
drainer
Conjugation
Conjugation of drainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | drainer | avoir drainé | |||||
| gerund | en drainant | en ayant drainé | |||||
| present participle | drainant /dʁɛ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | drainé /dʁɛ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | draine /dʁɛn/ |
draines /dʁɛn/ |
draine /dʁɛn/ |
drainons /dʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
drainez /dʁɛ.ne/ |
drainent /dʁɛn/ |
| imperfect | drainais /dʁɛ.nɛ/ |
drainais /dʁɛ.nɛ/ |
drainait /dʁɛ.nɛ/ |
drainions /dʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
drainiez /dʁɛ.nje/ |
drainaient /dʁɛ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | drainai /dʁɛ.ne/ |
drainas /dʁɛ.na/ |
draina /dʁɛ.na/ |
drainâmes /dʁɛ.nam/ |
drainâtes /dʁɛ.nat/ |
drainèrent /dʁɛ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | drainerai /dʁɛn.ʁe/ |
draineras /dʁɛn.ʁa/ |
drainera /dʁɛn.ʁa/ |
drainerons /dʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
drainerez /dʁɛn.ʁe/ |
draineront /dʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | drainerais /dʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
drainerais /dʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
drainerait /dʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
drainerions /dʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
draineriez /dʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
draineraient /dʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | draine /dʁɛn/ |
draines /dʁɛn/ |
draine /dʁɛn/ |
drainions /dʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
drainiez /dʁɛ.nje/ |
drainent /dʁɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
drainasse /dʁɛ.nas/ |
drainasses /dʁɛ.nas/ |
drainât /dʁɛ.na/ |
drainassions /dʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
drainassiez /dʁɛ.na.sje/ |
drainassent /dʁɛ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | draine /dʁɛn/ |
— | drainons /dʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
drainez /dʁɛ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||