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drain
[ dreyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration:
to drain oil from a crankcase.
- to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid:
to drain a crankcase.
- to exhaust the resources of:
to drain the treasury.
- to deprive of strength; tire.
verb (used without object)
- to flow off gradually.
- to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture:
This land drains into the Mississippi.
noun
- 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.
- something that causes a large or continuous outflow, expenditure, or depletion:
Medical expenses were a major drain on his bank account.
- an act of draining.
- Physical Geography.
- an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench.
- a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of water.
drain
/ ɪ /
noun
- a pipe or channel that carries off water, sewage, etc
- an instance or cause of continuous diminution in resources or energy; depletion
- surgery a device, such as a tube, for insertion into a wound, incision, or bodily cavity to drain off pus, etc
- electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor into which majority carriers flow from the interelectrode conductivity channel
- down the drainwasted
verb
- troften foll byoff to draw off or remove (liquid) from
to drain vegetables
to drain water from vegetables
- introften foll byaway to flow (away) or filter (off)
- intr to dry or be emptied as a result of liquid running off or flowing away
leave the dishes to drain
- tr to drink the entire contents of (a glass, cup, etc)
- tr to consume or make constant demands on (resources, energy, etc); exhaust; sap
- intr to disappear or leave, esp gradually
the colour drained from his face
- tr (of a river, etc) to carry off the surface water from (an area)
- intr (of an area) to discharge its surface water into rivers, streams, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- a· adjective
- İ noun
- v· verb
- un·a· adjective
- ܲ·Ա adjective
- ɱ-Ա adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of drain1
Idioms and Phrases
- go down the drain,
- to become worthless or profitless.
- to go out of existence; disappear.
More idioms and phrases containing drain
see brain drain ; down the drain .Example Sentences
County officials have said the money will come from draining the county’s rainy day fund, slashing department budgets and taking out bonds.
People have been talking about a brain drain.
They are also hard-wearing, which means they can be drained and recovered to play football on.
Grant called turning to the internet for help “emotionally draining.”
The second one must be drained within five years.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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