drain

Meanings

Noun

• A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole
• 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.
• An act of urination.
• One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
• An outhole.
• A drink.

Verb

• To lose liquid.
• To flow gradually.
• To cause liquid to flow out of.
• To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
• To deplete of energy or resources.
• 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.

Origin

• From Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz. Akin to Old English drūgian, Old English drūgaþ, Old English drȳġe. More at dry.