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оттека́ть — meaning in English

ottekat

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English meaning

  • drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.

Senses

оттека́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • drain (intransitive) To lose liquid.
  • 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.

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