drain
IPA: drˈeɪn
noun
- (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- (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.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- (vulgar) An act of urination.
- (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- (pinball) An outhole.
- (UK, slang, dated) A drink.
- A surname.
- A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
verb
- (intransitive) To lose liquid.
- (intransitive) To flow gradually.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
- (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
- (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
- (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
- (slang, archaic, transitive) To drink.
- (transitive, basketball, slang) To make a shot.
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