drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.

If you drain something, you remove the liquid from it, usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away, and if something drains, liquid flows away or out of it:

Drain definition: to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration.. See examples of DRAIN used in a sentence.

To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain.

Most commonly found at the bottom of sinks and bathtubs across the globe, a drain is the hole through which water is carried away.

Drain (surgery), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound Drainage, the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area

A drain is a pipe that carries water or sewage away from a place, or an opening in a surface that leads to the pipe.

Definition of drain verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] drain (something) to make something empty or dry by removing the liquid from it; to become …

Some common synonyms of drain are bankrupt, deplete, exhaust, and impoverish. While all these words mean "to deprive of something essential to existence or potency," drain implies a …

drain verb (REMOVE LIQUID) Add to word list to remove the liquid from something, usually by pouring it away: