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    drain
    [drān]
    verb
    drain (verb) · drains (third person present) · drained (past tense) · drained (past participle) · draining (present participle)
    1. cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty, dry, or drier:
      "we drained the swimming pool"
      • cause or allow (liquid) to run off or out of something:
        "fry the pork and drain off any excess fat"
      • make (land) drier by providing channels for water to flow away in:
        "the land was drained and the boggy ground reclaimed"
      • (of a river) carry off the superfluous water from (a district):
        "the stream drains a wide moorland above the waterfall"
      • (of water or another liquid) flow away from, out of, or into something:
        "the river drains into the Pacific" · "Polly felt the blood drain from her face"
      • become dry or drier as liquid runs off or away:
        "dishes left to drain" · "the plant should be watered well and allowed to drain"
      • (of a person) drink the entire contents of (a glass or other container):
        "he seized the Scotch set before him and drained it"
      • (of a feeling or emotion) become progressively less strongly felt:
        "gradually the tension and stress drained away"
    2. deprive of strength or vitality:
      "his limbs were drained of all energy" · "Ruth slumped down in her seat, drained by all that had happened"
      • cause (money, energy, or another valuable resource) to be lost, wasted, or used up:
        "my mother's hospital bills are draining my income"
      • (of a resource) be lost, wasted, or used up:
        "all the money drained away from the town"
    3. golf
      informal
      (of a player) hole (a putt):
      "whenever he did hit a green, he drained the putt"
    noun
    drain (noun) · drains (plural noun)
    1. a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.
      • a tube for drawing off accumulating fluid from a body cavity or an abscess.
      • electronics
        the part of a field-effect transistor to which the charge carriers flow after passing the gate.
    2. a thing that uses up a particular resource:
      "nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse"
      • the continuous loss or expenditure of a particular resource:
        "the drain of our heritage"
    Origin
    Old English drēahnian, drēhnian ‘strain (liquid’), of Germanic origin; related to dry.
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    verb
    1. cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty, dry, or drier:
      empty (out)
      remove the contents of
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  1. A drain is a term that can refer to123:
    • A gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.
    • A pipe or conduit by which a liquid drains.
    • A fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or for water that is to be re-circulated on the side of a road.
    • A material or appliance for maintaining the opening of a wound to permit free exit of fluids.
    • Gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.
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    drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.
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    something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains. Surgery. a material or appliance for maintaining the opening of a wound to permit free exit of fluids. gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.
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    Drain (plumbing), a fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or for water that is to be re-circulated on the side of a road
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