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Definition drain

Etymology

From Middle English dreinen, from Old English dr?ahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhn?n? (“to strain, sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, parched”). Akin to Old English dr?gian (“to dry up”), Old English dr?gaţ (“dryness, drought”), Old English dr??e (“dry”). More at dry.

Noun

drain (plural drains)

  1. (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
  2. (chiefly Britain) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
  3. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
  4. (vulgar) An act of urination.
  5. (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  6. (pinball) An outhole.
  7. (slang, dated) A drink.

Verb

drain (third-person singular simple present drains, present participle draining, simple past and past participle drained)

  1. (intransitive) To lose liquid.
  2. (intransitive) To flow gradually.
  3. (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
  4. (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
  5. (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
  6. (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
  8. (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

Results 341 Words with the letters DRAIN

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ARID 5
DARN 6
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AIR 3
AND 5
ANI 4
DIN 5
RAD 4
RAI 3
RAN 4
RIA 3
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DA 3
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