Sekirov Dictionary

drain

/dɹeɪn/

noun 8
verb 10
forms 5
phrases 8

noun8

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a pipe or an opening that carries water away, such as the hole at the bottom of a bath or at the side of a street
- The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
(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.
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A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
- […] the little runs and drains, that come through the hills, and to the sources of the creeks and their branches. — 1770
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Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- That rental property is a drain on our finances.
One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
An outhole.
(vulgar) An act of urination.
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(slang, old-fashioned) A drink.
- 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?" — 1850

verb10

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To lose liquid.
- The clogged sink drained slowly.
- Knock knock. / Who’s there? / Dwayne. / Dwayne who? / Drain the bathtub, I’m drowning.
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To cause liquid to flow out of.
- Please drain the sink. It’s full of dirty water.
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To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
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To deplete of energy or resources.
- The stress of this job is really draining me.
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To flow gradually.
- The water of low ground drains off.
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To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. — 1627
(slang) To make a shot.
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To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
- When a ball finally drains, it's gulped down by a giant gator beneath the set of flippers. — 1990
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(no longer used) To filter.
- Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. — 1627
(slang, no longer used) To drink.

forms

drained · draining · draineth · drains · drainest

Phrases with drain

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