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Drain Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Drain?
[n] emptying accomplished by draining
[n] a gradual depletion; "a drain on resources" [n] a pipe through which liquid is carried away [n] tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material [v] make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [v] flow off or away gradually; "The water drained from the pipe" [v] empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank" [v] deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" [v] flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" Synonyms | Synonyms for Drain: debilitate | drainage | drainpipe | enfeeble | flow away | flow off | run out | waste pipe Related Terms | Find terms related to Drain: 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 | debilitate | decant | decolor | decolorize | decrease | decrement | deduct | de-energize | 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 See Also | bleed | brain drain | cloaca | consume | course | culvert | deplete | depletion | discharge | drawing | drawing off | eat | eat up | emaciate | empty | emptying | evacuation | exhaust | flow | macerate | pipage | pipe | piping | run | run through | scupper | sewer | sewerage | soil pipe | trap | tube | tubing | use up | voidance | waste | weaken | wipe out Drain In Webster's Dictionary \Drain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to
E. draw.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
2. 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.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the
capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon.
3. To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon.
\Drain\, v. i. 1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off. 2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain. \Drain\, n. 1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country. 2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink. 3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.] --Halliwell. {Box drain}, {Counter drain}. See under {Box}, {Counter}. {Right of drain} (Law), an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another. --Kent. |
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