drain fluid

Frequency: 5.53.5 per million words

to remove unwanted fluid from a container or a part of the body

fluidVERB + fluid

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drain

Examples (10)

  • They drained a lot of fluid from his lungs.
  • The doctor needed to drain excess fluid from the patient's abdomen.
  • Surgeons will drain the fluid from around her heart tomorrow.
  • We must drain all fluid from the engine before winter storage.
  • The veterinarian had to drain fluid from the dog's swollen joint.
  • Emergency responders worked quickly to drain fluid from the accident victim's chest cavity.
  • The technician will drain the brake fluid and replace it with fresh fluid.
  • Physical therapy helped drain excess fluid from her injured ankle.
  • The procedure to drain fluid from his knee was minimally invasive.
  • Nurses regularly drain fluid from post-operative drainage tubes.