What does drain mean?
Definitions for drain
dreɪndrain
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word drain.
Princeton's WordNet
drain, drainagenoun
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
drainnoun
tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
drain, drainpipe, waste pipenoun
a pipe through which liquid is carried away
drainverb
a gradual depletion of energy or resources
"a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"
drain, run outverb
flow off gradually
"The rain water drains into this big vat"
drainverb
deplete of resources
"The exercise class drains me of energy"
drainverb
empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
"We drained the oil tank"
enfeeble, debilitate, drainverb
make weak
"Life in the camp drained him"
Wiktionary
drainnoun
A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
drainnoun
Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
That rental property is a drain on our finances.
drainnoun
An act of urination.
drainnoun
The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
drainverb
To lose liquid.
The clogged sink drained slowly.
drainverb
To cause liquid to flow out of.
Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
drainverb
To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
drainverb
To deplete of energy or resources.
The stress of this job is really draining me.
drainverb
To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Drainnoun
The channel through which liquids are gradually drawn; a watercourse; a sink.
Etymology: from the verb.
If your drains be deep, that you fear cattle falling into them, fling in stones and brickbats, and cover them with wood, flags, and turf. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
Why should I tell of ponds and drains,
What carps we met with for our pains? Jonathan Swift.To DRAINverb
Etymology: trainer, French.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 2.
The fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent, and leave but sufficient moisture to breed moss. Francis Bacon.
In times of dearth it drained much coin of the kingdom, to furnish us with corn from foreign parts. Francis Bacon, to Villiers.
Whilst a foreign war devoured our strength, and drained our treasures, luxury and expences increased at home. Francis Atterbury.
The last emperor drained the wealth of those countries into his own coffers, without increasing his troops against France. Jonathan Swift.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
Fill’d the capacious deep, and form’d the main. Wentworth Dillon.The royal babes a tawny wolf shall drain. Dryden.
While cruel Nero only drains
The mortal Spaniard’s ebbing veins,
By study worn, and slack with age,
How dull, how thoughtless is his rage? Matthew Prior.Had the world lasted from all eternity, these comets must have been drained of all their fluids. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.
When wine is to be bottled, wash your bottles, but do not drain them. Jonathan Swift, Directions to the Butler.
ChatGPT
drain
A drain is a pipe, channel, or other structure that is used to carry away excess or unwanted water or liquid waste from a particular area or system. This could be in a residential, commercial, or natural environment. The term can also refer to the act of removing such water or liquid waste. Additionally, it can also mean to consume or use up a resource, causing depletion or reduction.
Webster Dictionary
Drainverb
to draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of
Drainverb
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
Drainverb
to filter
Drainverb
to flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off
Drainverb
to become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain
Drainnoun
the act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country
Drainnoun
that means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink
Drainnoun
the grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains
Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]
Wikidata
Drain
Drain is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,151 at the 2010 census. Drain is named after town founder and politician Charles J. Drain who donated 60 acres to the Oregon and California Railroad in 1871.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Drain
drān, v.t. to draw off by degrees: to filter: to clear of water by drains: to make dry: to drink dry: to exhaust.—v.i. to flow off gradually.—n. a watercourse: a ditch: a sewer: (slang) a drink: exhausting expenditure.—adj. Drain′able.—ns. Drain′age, the drawing off of water by rivers or other channels: the system of drains in a town; Drain′age-basin, the area of land which drains into one river; Drain′age-tube, a tube of silver, india-rubber, glass, &c., introduced by a surgeon into a wound or abscess to draw off pus, &c.; Drain′er, a utensil on which articles are placed to drain; Drain′ing-en′gine, a pumping-engine for mines, &c.; Drain′ing-plough, a form of plough used in making drains; Drain′-pipe; Drain′-tile; Drain′-trap, a contrivance for preventing the escape of foul air from drains, but admitting the water into them. [A.S. dréahnigan—dragan, to draw.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
drain
[IBM] Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
drain
In the military art, is a trench made to draw water out of a ditch, which is afterwards filled with hurdles and earth, or with fascines or bundles of rushes, and planks, to facilitate the passage over the mud.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DRAIN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Drain is ranked #8527 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Drain surname appeared 3,859 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Drain.
62.8% or 2,426 total occurrences were White.
31.3% or 1,208 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 99 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.7% or 66 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1% or 39 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 21 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'drain' in Verbs Frequency: #810
Anagrams for drain »
Darin
dinar
Drina
Indra
Nadir
nadir
Ndari
ranid
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drain in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of drain in a Sentence
There is a cascading effect : the financial drain for the older person’s care means fewer resources not only for the caregiver but also for the younger generation’s education and future prospects, the immediate need for assistance is so compelling that future needs are often disregarded.
He will learn a lesson if I win, you shouldn't blindly go out and endorse or cast doubts or favoritism on anybody unless you actually look at their record and not depend on the people who are running the swamp you are trying to drain.
Fear is nothing except a drain of energy and Not a power unto itself. Trust in yourself, For therein lies the true power.
First, it means the Norges Bank will buy 18 billion more NOK in February than in January, which adds a flow supportive argument to NOK after a week where the stagnating reflation theme weighed, secondly, the larger NOK buying pace will drain liquidity from the interbank market, which puts upward pressure on NOK FRA/OIS spreads. By extension, this will improve the carry case of a long NOK position.
Otherwise, this ever deepening, man-made and totally avoidable humanitarian crisis will drain the country of the few resources it has and push people to the edge, without urgent action, shortages could kill more people than bullets or bombs.
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- استنزافArabic
- отводнявам, водосток, утечка, изтичам, оттичам се, пресушавам, канал, разходBulgarian
- afløb, dræne, bortlede, tappe, udtørre, spild, dræn, rende, tømmeDanish
- Abfluss, ablassenGerman
- drenar, tubo abierto, desaguar, desagüe, drenajeSpanish
- viemäri, rasite, kuseminen, tyhjentyä, kuluttaa, viedä, dreeni, nielu, tyhjentää, kuivattaa, voimatFinnish
- drainer, essorer, drain, gouffre, déshydrater, hémorragieFrench
- lefolyóHungarian
- mengurasIndonesian
- vakuigarIdo
- scolare, scolo, drenareItalian
- გამოფიტვა, მილიGeorgian
- 배수구Korean
- exhaurireLatin
- drenažasLithuanian
- awakari, waikari, awakeri, wāra, waikeriMāori
- longkangMalay
- afvoer, leeg laten lopen, leeglopen, ontwateren, uitputten, drainerenDutch
- drenereNorwegian
- osuszyć, drenażPolish
- ralo, drenar, secar, dreno, escoarPortuguese
- ch'umayQuechua
- conductă, goli, scurge, canal de scurgere, asanaRomanian
- спусти́ть, осуша́ть, слива́ть, осуши́ть, истощи́ть, сток, кана́л, протека́ть, слив, ссаньё, уте́чка, сса́чка, сочи́ться, оттека́ть, выка́чивать, спуска́ть, вы́качать, слить, истоща́ть, дрена́ж, водосто́к, водоотво́д, моче́ние, течь, проса́чиваться, у́быль, расхо́дRussian
- odtok, izsušitiSlovene
- kullojAlbanian
- avloppSwedish
- வடிகால்Tamil
- спусти́ти, вису́шувати, спуска́ти, висна́жуватиUkrainian
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