Dictionary Definition
drain
Noun
1 emptying accomplished by draining [syn:
drainage]
2 tube inserted into a body cavity (as during
surgery) to remove unwanted material
3 a pipe through which liquid is carried away
[syn: drainpipe,
waste
pipe]
4 a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a
drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"
Verb
1 flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into
this big vat" [syn: run out]
2 deplete of resources; "The exercise class
drains me of energy"
3 empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We
drained the oil tank"
4 make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn:
enfeeble, debilitate]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an
otherwise contained volume.
- The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- That rental property is a drain on our finances.
- An act of urination.
Related terms
Translations
A conduit for liquids
Something consuming resources with no gains
- ttbc CJKV Characters: 渎
- ttbc Spanish: drenaje
Verb
- To lose liquid.
- The clogged sink drained slowly.
- transitive ergative
To cause liquid to flow out of.
- Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
- transitive ergative
To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
- To deplete of energy or resources.
- The stress of this job is really draining me.
- To explore a drain or other tunnel system
Derived terms
- drainage
- drain the lizard (vulgar)
Translations
Dry out a wet place
- Danish: dræne, udtørre
- Dutch: ontwateren
- Portuguese: drenar, secar
- Slovene: izsušiti
- Ukrainian: вису́шувати
Deplete of energy
- Danish: dræne, tømme, tappe
- Portuguese: drenar
- Ukrainian: висна́жувати
Explore a drain
Extensive Definition
Drain may refer to:
- An exit-point for waste water or water that is to be re-circulated in fountains, pools, or drains that are used in plumbing
- 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
- 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
- One terminal in a field effect transistor
- Waterloo & City Line, in the London Underground, nicknamed the The Drain
- Data Drain, a fictional element and technique in the .hack universe
- Drain, Oregon, a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
- Drain (comic), A comic book series staring a vampire
drain in French: Drain
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abate,
ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, absorb, absorption, abstract, abuse, achromatize, acquire, air-dry, anhydrate, assimilate, assimilation, attrition, bake, bankrupt, bate, bereave, blackmail, blanch, bleach, bleed, bleed white, blot, blow, blow out, bog, broach, brush, bugger, burn, burn up, burning up, call, call for, catch up, cesspool, channel, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off,
clear out, clear the decks, clench, clinch, cloaca, cloaca maxima, clutch, conduit, consume, consumption, contribution, cripple, culvert, cure, curtail, cut off, de-energize,
debilitate, decant, decolor, decolorize, decrease, decrement, deduct, defecate, defluxion, dehumidify, dehydrate, demand, demand for, denude, deplete, depletion, deplume, depreciate, depreciation, depress, deprive, deprive of, derogate, desiccate, despoil, detract, digest, digestion, dim, diminish, disable, disbursement, discharge, discolor, disenable, disentitle, disparage, displume, dissipate, dissipation, ditch, divest, down the drain, draft, draft off, drag, drain of color, drain of
resources, drain off, drain out, drainage, draw, draw down, draw from, draw
off, drench, dribble
away, drink up, drip,
dry, dull, dump, duty, ease one of, eat, eat away, eat up, eating up,
ebb, effluence, efflux, effluxion, effusion, eliminate, embrace, empty, empty out, enfeeble, ennui, erode, erosion, etiolate, evacuate, evaporate, evaporation, exaction, exhalation, exhaust, exhaustion, expend, expending, expenditure, exploit, exsiccate, extortion, extortionate
demand, extract,
fade, fatigue, file away, find vent,
finish, finish off,
finishing, fire, flay, fleece, flow, flow out, flowoff, fume, garbage dump, get, get hold of, glom on to,
gobble, gobble up,
gone, grab, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, gush, gush out, gutter, hamstring, headchute, heavy demand, hors
de combat, hug, ill-use,
impair, impose upon,
imposition, impost, impoverish, impoverishment, inactivate, incapacitate, indent, ingest, ingestion, insistent demand,
insolate, jade, jet, kennel, kibosh, kiln, lame, lay hands on, lay hold of,
leach, leakage, leave, lessen, let, let blood, let out, levy, lighten one of, loot, lost, maim, make use of, manipulate, marsh, milk, mine, mire, misuse, mummify, nail, nip, nip up, nonnegotiable demand,
notice, ooze, oppress, order, outfall, outflow, outflowing, outgo, outlet, outpour, outpouring, pale, pall, palm, parch, partake, peroxide, phlebotomize, pick clean,
pillage, pipe, pipette, piscina, play on, pluck, pocket, possess, pour, pour out, presume upon,
pump, pump out, purge, purify, put, quaff, quagmire, queer, queer the works, receive, reduce, reduction, refine, remove, requirement, requisition, retrench, rub, rub away, run out, runoff, rush, rush order, sabotage, sap, sapping, scorch, scour out, scupper, sear, seep, seize, septic tank, sewer, shear, shorten, shrink, shrinkage, shrivel, sink, siphon, siphon off, skin, sluice, sluice out, smoke, snap up, snatch, soak up, sough, spend, spending, spew out, spike, sponge, spout, spout out, spurt, squander, squandering, steal, strain, strip, strip bare, stroke, subduct, subtract, suck, suck dry, suck out, sump, sun, sun-dry, surge, swab, swallow, swallow up, swamp, sweep out, swill, take, take advantage of, take away,
take away from, take by assault, take by storm, take from, take
hold of, take possession, tap, tarnish, tax, taxing, thin, thin out, thrown away,
tire, tone down, torrefy, towel, trench, tribute, trickle, ultimatum, unclog, unfit, unfoul, up the spout, use, use ill, use up, using, using up, venesect, vent, void, vomit forth, warning, wash out, wastage, waste, waste away, wasted, wastefulness, wasting away,
watercourse,
weaken, wear, wear away, wear down,
wearing, wearing away,
wearing down, weary,
weazen, weed, weigh, well, well out, whip up, whiten, wing, wipe, withdraw, withdrawal, wither, wizen, work on, work upon,
wreck