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Definition of 'drain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) drain
to draw off (a liquid) gradually.

2.  drain
to empty by drawing off liquid.

3.  drain
to exhaust the strength or resources of.

4. (v.i.) drain
to flow off or empty gradually.

5. (n.) drain
a pipe, conduit, etc., by which a liquid drains.

6.  drain
an act of draining.

7.  drain
something that causes a large outflow or depletion.

8.  drain
to become worthless or profitless.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME dreynen, OE drēhnian,drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry)

Definition of 'drain'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) drain, drainage
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

2. (noun) drain
tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

3. (noun) drain, drainpipe, waste pipe
a pipe through which liquid is carried away

4. (verb) drain
a gradual depletion of energy or resources
"a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

5. (verb) drain, run out
flow off gradually
"The rain water drains into this big vat"

6. (verb) drain
deplete of resources
"The exercise class drains me of energy"

7. (verb) drain
empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
"We drained the oil tank"

8. (verb) enfeeble, debilitate, drain
make weak
"Life in the camp drained him"

Definition of 'drain'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) drain
to let liquid flow out of
The bathtub took a long time to drain.; Drain the grease from the pan.

2. drain
to take all the water away from an area
to drain the pond

3. drain
to make sb feel very tired
The experience drained him of all his energy.

4. (noun) drain
the place in a sink, shower, toilet etc. where liquid goes down
a blocked drain

Definition of 'drain'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) drain
the act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country

2. (noun) drain
that means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink

3. (noun) drain
the grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains

4. (verb) drain
to draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of

5. (verb) drain
to exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie

6. (verb) drain
to filter

7. (verb) drain
to flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off

8. (verb) drain
to become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain

Definitions of 'drain'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. drain
[IBM] Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline.

Translation of 'drain'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes There are plans to drain the marsh.
Afrikaans: dreineer	Arabic: يُصَرِّف المِياه، يُجَفِّ	Bulgarian: отводнявам
Brazilian: drenar	Czech: odvodnit	German: entwässern
Danish: dræne; tørlægge	Greek: αποστραγγίζω	Spanish: vaciar, drenar
Estonian: kuivendama	Farsi: آبکشی کردن؛ تخلیه کردن	Finnish: tyhjentää vedestä
French: drainer	Hebrew: לְנָקֵז	Hindi: बह जाना, निकल जाना
Croatian: osušiti, odvodnjavati	Hungarian: lecsapol, csatornáz	Indonesian: mengeringkan
Icelandic: þurrka upp, ræsa fram	Italian: prosciugare	Japanese: 排水する
Korean: 배수하다	Lithuanian: (nu)sausinti, drenuoti	Latvian: drenēt, nosusināt
Malay: sedut keluar	Dutch: droogleggen	Norwegian: drenere, lede bort vannet
Polish: drenować, osuszyć	Persian: آبکشی کردن؛ تخلیه کردن	Pashto: پاكول، تخليه كول
Portuguese: drenar	Romanian: a drena, a seca	Russian: осушать
Slovak: odvodniť	Slovenian: izsušiti	Serbian: isušiti
Swedish: torrlägga, dränera, täckd	Thai: ระบายออก	Turkish: suyunuçekerek kurutmak
Taiwanese: (陸地)排水	Ukrainian: осушувати	Urdu: پانی کی نکاسی کرنا
Vietnamese: thoát nước	Chinese: 排去（水等液体）
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