escoar — meaning in English

English meaning

• drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
• ooze verb To leak or flow out slowly, especially a thick or sticky substance.
• seep verb To flow or leak slowly through small openings or a porous surface.

Senses

escoar is used for these senses in English:

• drain (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.

drain — full definition

1. noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
2. verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
3. verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
4. noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.

ooze — full definition

1. verb To leak or flow out slowly, especially a thick or sticky substance.
2. verb To display a quality very strongly and noticeably.
3. noun Soft, wet mud or slime, especially at the bottom of a river, lake, or seabed.

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