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drain
Found in thesaurus: evacuation, tubing, pipage, piping, run, course, eat up, run through, deplete, eat, empty
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drain
v.
draw out (liquid); flow out (liquid); empty slowly; be emptied slowly; slowly take away, exhaust; be exhausted
n.
channel, duct; emptying of liquid; hole in sink or bathtub used for emptying water; (British) sewer pipe
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Drain
Drain may refer to:
- Drain (plumbing), a fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or water that is to be re-circulated
- Drainage, the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area
- Storm drain, a system of collecting and disposing of rain water in an urban area
- French drain, a system that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area
- Drain STH, a disbanded female hard-rock band from Sweden
- Drain (surgery), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound
- Drain, Maine-et-Loire, a commune in Maine-et-Loire département, France
- Drain (transistor), a terminal in a field effect transistor
- Data Drain, a fictional element and technique in the .hack universe
- Drain, Oregon, a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
- Drain (comics), a comic book series starring a vampire
- Waterloo & City line, in the London Underground, nicknamed "The Drain"
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drain
Noun
1. emptying accomplished by draining
(synonym) drainage
(hypernym) emptying, voidance, evacuation
2. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
(hypernym) tube, tubing
(classification) surgery
3. a pipe through which liquid is carried away
(synonym) drainpipe, waste pipe
(hypernym) pipe, pipage, piping
(hyponym) culvert
4. a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"
(hypernym) depletion
(hyponym) drawing, drawing off
Verb
1. flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"
(synonym) run out
(hypernym) run, flow, feed, course
(derivation) drainage
2. deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"
(hypernym) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
3. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
(hypernym) empty
(derivation) drainage
4. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
(synonym) enfeeble, debilitate
(hypernym) weaken
(hyponym) waste, emaciate, macerate
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drain
nm.
drain, tap
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drain (de)
n.
drain, channel, duct; emptying of liquid
