drain.
A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
Meaning & usage
A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
bathtub drain; floor drain; shower drain; sink drain
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.
A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
;;Saganing Drain, Vermuyden's Drain, the South Drain river, Najafgarh drain
Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
That rental property is a drain on our finances.
An act of urination.
One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
An outhole.
A drink.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *draugiz Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn Old English drēahnian Middle English *dreinen English drain Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-, from *dʰer-. Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.
To lose liquid.
The clogged sink drained slowly.
Knock knock. / Who’s there? / Dwayne. / Dwayne who? / Drain the bathtub, I’m drowning.
To flow gradually.
The water of low ground drains off.
To cause liquid to flow out of.
Please drain the sink. It’s full of dirty water.
To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
To deplete of energy or resources.
The stress of this job is really draining me.
To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
To filter.
To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
To drink.
To make a shot.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *draugiz Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn Old English drēahnian Middle English *dreinen English drain Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-, from *dʰer-. Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.
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