drained

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of drain.

   The plumber drained the water heater last week.

   All the color had drained from her face.

   Note

   A regular -ed form does two jobs here. It is the simple past (the plumber drained the tank) and the past participle after have or be (the tank has been drained). Drain works with or without an object, so the form does too: she drained the pasta, but the color drained from her face. After be it can blur into the "worn out" adjective": was drained by the work is passive, while felt drained is the adjective.

2. 2
   adjective

   Lacking motivation and energy; very tired and worn out.

   Like a sponge wrung out until nothing is left in it.

   By the end of finals week, the students were utterly drained.

   He felt drained after caring for his sick child all night.

   Similarexhausted, tired, weary, spent, fatigued

   Oppositeenergized, invigorated, rested

   Note

   The adjective keeps the picture of its verb, drain + -ed. Someone drained has had energy drawn off by degrees, like water let out of a basin. That separates it from weary: drained usually points to a cause, such as an exam or a long night of caregiving. It is compared with more and most (more drained, most drained) and pairs easily with felt, utterly and completely.

3. 3
   adjective

   Of a battery, empty of charge and no longer able to power a device.

   Like a fuel tank run all the way down to nothing.

   After leaving the headlights on overnight, the car battery was completely drained.

   The drained battery had to be replaced before the laptop would boot.

   Similardead, flat, depleted, exhausted, spent

   Oppositecharged, full

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