secar — meaning in English

English meaning

• drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
• dry adj Free from moisture; not wet.

Senses

secar is used for these senses in English:

• drain (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
• dry (transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
• slim down (ambitransitive) To reduce weight; to make or become thinner.

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.

dry — full definition

1. adj Free from moisture; not wet.
2. adj Lacking or forbidding alcohol.
3. adj Not sweet, especially describing wine.
4. adj Amusing in a deadpan, understated way; also, plainly boring.
5. verb To remove moisture from something, or to lose moisture.

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