Definitions for drain
dreɪndrain

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drain, drainage(noun)

   emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

2. drain(noun)

   tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

3. drain, drainpipe, waste pipe(noun)

   a pipe through which liquid is carried away

4. drain(verb)

   a gradual depletion of energy or resources

   "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

5. drain, run out(verb)

   flow off gradually

   "The rain water drains into this big vat"

6. drain(verb)

   deplete of resources

   "The exercise class drains me of energy"

7. drain(verb)

   empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

   "We drained the oil tank"

8. enfeeble, debilitate, drain(verb)

   make weak

   "Life in the camp drained him"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drain(Noun)

   A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.

   The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

2. drain(Noun)

   Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.

   That rental property is a drain on our finances.

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

3. drain(Noun)

   An act of urination.

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

4. drain(Noun)

   The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

5. drain(Verb)

   To lose liquid.

   The clogged sink drained slowly.

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

6. drain(Verb)

   To cause liquid to flow out of.

   Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

7. drain(Verb)

   To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

   They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

8. drain(Verb)

   To deplete of energy or resources.

   The stress of this job is really draining me.

   Etymology: dreinen (verb) from deahnian, from draug- "dry", akin to Old English drugian, drugaþ, Old English dryge. More at dry

9. drain(Verb)

   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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Drain(verb)

   to draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

2. Drain(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

3. Drain(verb)

   to filter

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

4. Drain(verb)

   to flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

5. Drain(verb)

   to become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

6. Drain(noun)

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

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

7. Drain(noun)

   that means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

8. Drain(noun)

   the grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains

   Etymology: [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drain' in Verbs Frequency: #810

Anagrams for drain »

1. Darin, dinar, Drina, Indra, Nadir, nadir, Ndari, ranid

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drain in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of drain in a Sentence

1. Anthony Almojere:

   You have to have a little reservoir of hope, and the pandemic can drain that reservoir.

2. Maine Gov. Paul LePage:

   Beyond the health effects of the federal government’s corrupt food stamp policy is the tragedy of billions in wasted taxpayer dollars that buy candy and soda through a program that was originally designed to reduce hunger. Maine taxpayers see it every day at the grocery store and they are sick and tired of watching their hard-earned money go down the drain.

3. Jake Prus:

   There was a little apprehension when I first heard about it, because you think a bone-marrow donation is going to be kind of intense and take you out for a while physically and just drain you, i ’m not too worried about it, because, from what I’ve been told, the post effects are n’t painful.

4. Bartolomej Pesta:

   I used to run and play football, and the change to ill-health was a slow deterioration where I gradually felt more tired, and it became hard even to walk by the end, every third day I went to [the] hospital to drain fluid out of my belly. The transplantation was unexpected, but I didn’t worry. I knew I was in good hands.

5. Rex Hudler:

   Be a fountain, not a drain.

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