Term: brain drain: depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
Candidate hypernym: drain: a gradual depletion of energy or resources → 1
Candidate hypernym: kwa: a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria → 0
Candidate hypernym: blot: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it → 0
Candidate hypernym: death: the time when something ends → 0
Candidate hypernym: listening: the act of hearing attentively → 0
Candidate hypernym: cup: the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green → 0
Candidate hypernym: nu: the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: banking: transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: postage: a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid → 0
Candidate hypernym: frumenty: sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat → 0
Candidate hypernym: lung: either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood → 0