drain
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)Examples: "The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged."; "An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes."CanadaUS
2. (chiefly UK) 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.UK
3. (vulgar) An act of urination.vulgar
4. (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
5. (pinball) An outhole.
6. (UK, slang, dated) A drink.Examples: "When the play was over, we came out together, and I said, "We've been very companionable and agreeable, and perhaps you wouldn't object to a drain?""; "What did she want with money, except now and then for a drain of white satin."UKdatedslang
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To lose liquid.Examples: "The clogged sink drained slowly."; "Knock knock. / Who’s there? / Dwayne. / Dwayne who? / Drain the bathtub, I’m drowning."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To flow gradually.Examples: "The water of low ground drains off."intransitive
3. (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.Examples: "Please drain the sink. It’s full of dirty water."Synonyms: bleedergativetransitive
4. (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.Examples: "They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built."ergativetransitive
5. (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.Examples: "The stress of this job is really draining me."transitive
6. (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.Examples: "Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent."; "At leaſt, I'm ſure I can fiſh it out of her. She's the very Sluce to her Lady's Secrets;—'Tis but ſetting her Mill agoing, and I can drein her of 'em all."; "But it was not alone that he drained their treasure and hampered their industry."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary