draining

noun

act/process of removing or releasing (usually a fluid), emptying, unfilling, depleting

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Pronunciation: /ˈdɹeɪnɪŋ/

Designed and/or used for drainage.
“The author of this experiment has constructed, and uses a draining wheel of cast iron, that weighs about 4 cwt .”
“The mole-plough as a draining machine can never be of much utility in a country like Scotland, where alluvial deposits, though not deficient in extent, are characterized more by the abundance of stony matter than of clay in the subsoil; it is only in the few carses that such clays occur as would suit the mole plough.”
Causing a depletion of energy or resources; exhausting.
“I was very tired; working everyday and then staying at the hospital was very draining.”
“He was in the luxurious position of not having to hunt for girls—a process he finds very draining.”