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  • 1 drain

    [drein] 1. verb
    1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) αποστραγγίζω
    2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) χύνομαι
    3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) στραγγίζω,σουρώνω
    4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) στραγγίζω
    5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) εξαντλώ
    2. noun
    1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.)
    2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.)
    •
    - draining-board
    - drainpipe
    - down the drain

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  • 2 Drain

    v. trans.
    Dry: P. ξηραίνειν (Thuc. 1, 109).
    Reclaim: P. and V. ἡμεροῦν. V. ἐξημεροῦν; see Reclaim.
    Drain a country ( used of a river): P. διαρρεῖν (acc.).
    Empty: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, κενοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plat.), V. ἐκκεινοῦν.
    Use up: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν.
    Drain a cup: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plat., Symp. 214A; Soph., frag.), Ar. ῥοφεῖν.
    Quaff: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Dem.), V. σπᾶν, ἀνασπᾶν, Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν, Ar. ἐκροφεῖν.
    Drain to the dregs (met., endure to the end): V. ἐξαντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν, ἀντλεῖν.
    ——————
    subs.
    Conduit: P. αὐλών, ὁ, Ar. ὑδρορρόα, ἡ.
    Drain on one's resources, expense: P. and V. δαπάνη, ἡ.

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  • 3 drain

    1) οχετός
    2) στραγγίζω

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  • 4 brain drain

    (the loss of experts to another country (usually in search of better salaries etc): As a result of the brain drain Britain does not have enough doctors.) διαρροή επιστημόνων

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  • 5 down the drain

    (wasted: We had to scrap everything and start again - six months' work down the drain!) χαράμι,στο βρόντο

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  • 6 brain

    [brein]
    1) (the centre of the nervous system: an injury to the brain; ( also adjective) brain surgery; brain damage.) εγκέφαλος
    2) ((often in plural) cleverness: a good brain; You've plenty of brains.) μυαλό
    3) (a clever person: He's one of the best brains in the country.) διάνοια
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    - brainy
    - brainchild
    - brain drain
    - brainwash
    - brainwashing
    - brainwave

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  • 7 clog

    I [kloɡ] noun
    1) (a shoe made entirely of wood: Dutch clogs.) ξυλοπάπουτσο
    2) (a shoe with a wooden sole.) τσόκαρο
    II [kloɡ] past tense, past participle clogged - (often with up)
    (to make or become blocked: The drain is clogged (up) with hair.) βουλώνω

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  • 8 discharge

    1. verb
    1) (to allow to leave; to dismiss: The soldier was discharged from the army; She was discharged from hospital.) απολύω
    2) (to fire (a gun): He discharged his gun at the policeman.) πυροβολώ
    3) (to perform (a task etc): He discharges his duties well.) εκτελώ,ασκώ
    4) (to pay (a debt).) εξοφλώ
    5) (to (cause to) let or send out: The chimney was discharging clouds of smoke; The drain discharged into the street.) εκλύω,χάνω
    2. noun
    1) ((an) act of discharging: He was given his discharge from the army; the discharge of one's duties.) απόλυση,εκτέλεση
    2) (pus etc coming from eg a wound.) έκκριμα,πύο

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  • 9 ditch

    [di ] 1. noun
    (a long narrow hollow dug in the ground especially one to drain water from a field, road etc: He climbed over the fence and fell into a ditch.) χαντάκι
    2. verb
    (to get rid of: The stolen car had been ditched by the thieves several miles away.) εγκαταλείπω,ξεφορτώνομαι

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  • 10 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) κάτω
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) κάτω(στο έδαφος)
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) από γενιά σε γενιά
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) προς τα κάτω
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) νότια,στο κέντρο
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) (προς τα)κάτω
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) κατά μήκος
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) κατεβάζω
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright     4. adjective
    He is a downright nuisance!) απόλυτος
    - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground     II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) πούπουλα
    - downy

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  • 11 draining-board

    noun (the area at the side of a sink grooved and sloping to allow water from dishes to drain away.) πιατοθήκη στραγγίσματος

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  • 12 sink

    [siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb
    1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) βυθίζω/-ομαι,βουλιάζω
    2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) χαμηλώνω
    3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) εισδύω,χώνω/-ομαι
    4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) θλίβομαι
    5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) επενδύω
    2. noun
    (a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) νεροχύτης
    - be sunk
    - sink in

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  • 13 stop up

    (to block: Some rubbish got into the drain and stopped it up.) βουλώνω,φράζω

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  • 14 unstop

    past tense, past participle - unstopped; verb
    (to remove a blockage from (eg a drain): The plumber has unstopped the pipe.) ξεβουλώνω

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  • 15 Dregs

    subs.
    Of wine: Ar. τρύξ, ἡ.
    Sediment: P. ὑποσταθμή, ἡ (Plat.).
    This man is the cause, who has emptied over me, as it were, the dregs of his own iniquily and crimes: P. αἴτιος δʼ οὗτος, ὥσπερ ἑωλοκρασίαν τινά μου τῆς πονηρίας ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀδικημάτων κατασκεδάσας (Dem. 242).
    Drain to the dregs, v.: met. (of sorrow, etc.): V. ἀντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν, ἐξαντλεῖν.
    The dregs of the people: use Ar. and P. οἱ ἀγοραῖοι.

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  • 16 Empty

    v. trans.
    P. and V. κενοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plat.), ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, V. ἐκκεινοῦν.
    Drain (a cup, etc.): P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plat., Sym. 214A; Soph., frag.), Ar. ῥοφεῖν.
    Empty over one: Ar. and P. κατασκεδαννύναι (τί τινος or τι κατά τινος), καταχεῖν (τί τινος); see Pour.
    V. intrans. Empty itself ( of a river): P. ἐκβάλλειν, ἐξιέναι (ἐξίημι).
    Empty itself into: P. ἐμβάλλειν εἰς (acc.).
    ——————
    adj.
    P. and V. κενός, P. διάκενος.
    Desolate: P. and V. ἐρῆμος. Vain, useless: P. and V. μάταιος, κενός, ἀνωφελής, V. ἀνωφέλητος (also Xen.); see Vain.
    Empty of: P. and V. κενός (gen.), ἐρῆμος (gen.).
    Empty of men: V. κένανδρος.

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  • 17 Quaff

    v. trans.
    Drain ( a cup): P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plat., Symp. 214A and Soph., frag.), Ar. ῥοφεῖν.
    Quaff a drink: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Dem.), Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν, V. σπᾶν, ἀνασπᾶν, Ar. ἐκροφεῖν; see Drink.

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  • 18 Sap

    subs.
    Use Ar. and P. χυλός, ὁ; see Juice.
    ——————
    v. trans.
    Undermine: Ar. and P. διορύσσειν. met., P. διορύσσειν.
    Make plots against: P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύειν (dat.).
    Take away gradually: P. and V. ὑπεξαιρεῖν.
    Wither: see Wither.
    Drink, drain: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν.

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