Definitions for drain
dreɪndrain

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

1. drain, drainagenoun

   emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

2. drainnoun

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

3. drain, drainpipe, waste pipenoun

   a pipe through which liquid is carried away

4. drainverb

   a gradual depletion of energy or resources

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

5. drain, run outverb

   flow off gradually

   "The rain water drains into this big vat"

6. drainverb

   deplete of resources

   "The exercise class drains me of energy"

7. drainverb

   empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

   "We drained the oil tank"

8. enfeeble, debilitate, drainverb

   make weak

   "Life in the camp drained him"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drainnoun

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

   The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.

2. drainnoun

   Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.

   That rental property is a drain on our finances.

3. drainnoun

   An act of urination.

4. drainnoun

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

5. drainverb

   To lose liquid.

   The clogged sink drained slowly.

6. drainverb

   To cause liquid to flow out of.

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

7. 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.

8. drainverb

   To deplete of energy or resources.

   The stress of this job is really draining me.

9. drainverb

   To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. To DRAINverb

   Etymology: trainer, French.

   1. To draw off gradually.

   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.

   2. To empty by drawing gradually away what it contains.

   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.

   3. To make quite dry.

   When wine is to be bottled, wash your bottles, but do not drain them. Jonathan Swift, Directions to the Butler.

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

1. Drainverb

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

2. 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

3. Drainverb

   to filter

4. Drainverb

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

5. Drainverb

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

6. Drainnoun

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

7. Drainnoun

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

8. Drainnoun

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

9. 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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1. drain

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Matched Categories

1. • Consume
   • Empty
   • Emptying
   • Surgery
   • Tube
   • Weaken

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. Orrville Police Department:

   She was stuck in the drain, was safely removed and set free in a nearby creek, as you can see she was happy to be rescued.

2. Cheng Gang:

   The brain drain of skilful people definitely impacts the CFDA's ability to operate, especially for example its ability to evaluate new drugs.

3. Narongsak Osottanakorn:

   We will drain all water out from Tham Luang cave then we will take all 13 people out of Tham Luang cave. We are now planning how to send( a) nurse and doctor inside the cave to check their health and movement. We will work all night.

4. Chiang Rai:

   We will drain all water out from the cave. Then we will take all 13 people out of the cave, we are now planning how to send( a) nurse and doctor inside the cave to check their health and movement. We will work all night.

5. RVM:

   It is ironic that we are particular about flushing out all the dirt through the Drain, but we continue to retain a lot of it in our Brain.-RVM

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