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у́быль — meaning in English

ubyl

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English meaning

  • drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  • subsidence noun The process of becoming less active or severe.
  • wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

у́быль is used for these senses in English:

  • drain Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
  • subsidence The process of becoming less active or severe.
  • wane A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

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.

subsidence — full definition

  1. noun The process of becoming less active or severe.
  2. noun A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.

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