ralo — meaning in English

English meaning

• drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
• sparse adjective Thinly spread out or scattered, with a lot of empty space in between.
• thin adj Having little distance between opposite surfaces; not thick.

Senses

ralo is used for these senses in English:

• drain (chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
• drain Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
• mole cricket Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.
• sparse Not dense; meager; scanty
• thin Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

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.

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