What is "drain"

Drain \Drain\, v. i.

1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.

2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.

Drain \Drain\, n.

1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country; the project is a drain on resources.

2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.]
   --Halliwell.

   Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter.

   Right of drain (Law), an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another.
   --Kent.

Drain \Drain\ (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained (dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

   Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
   --Bacon.

   But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
   --Motley.

2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.

   Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
   --Roscommon.

3. To filter.

   Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
   --Bacon.

1550s, from drain (v.).

Old English dreahnian "to drain, strain out," from Proto-Germanic *dreug-, source of drought, dry, giving the English word originally a sense of "make dry." Figurative meaning of "exhaust" is attested from 1650s. The word is not found in surviving texts between late Old English and the 1500s. Related: Drained; draining.

n. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To lose liquid. 2 (context intransitive English) To flow gradually. 3 (context transitive ergative English) To cause liquid to flow out of. 4 (context transitive ergative English) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one. 5 (context transitive English) To deplete of energy or resources. 6 (context transitive English) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust. 7 (context transitive obsolete English) To filter. 8 (context intransitive pinball English) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

1. n. emptying accomplished by draining [syn: drainage]

2. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

3. a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drainpipe, waste pipe]

4. a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"

1. v. flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" [syn: run out]

2. deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"

3. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

4. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate]

A surgical drain is a tube used to remove pus, blood or other fluids from a wound. They are commonly placed by surgeons or interventional radiologists. Drains inserted after surgery do not result in faster wound healing or prevent infection, but are sometimes necessary to drain body fluid which may accumulate and in itself become a focus of infection or retained blood complications.

A drain is the primary vessel for unwanted water to be flumed away, either to a more useful area, funnelled into a receptacle, or run into the sewers as waste.

Drain is a creator-owned comic, written C. B. Cebulski and painted by Sana Takeda. It was published by American company Image Comics in 2006-2008, for a total of six issues, collected in a trade paperback in 2008.

Drain were an American noise rock band formed in Austin, Texas by King Coffey in 1992. The group also included David McCreath on guitar and bassist Owen McMahon of Cherubs. Along with the psychedelic leanings of Coffey's other band the Butthole Surfers, Drain also ventures into electronic and techno music territory. Also, samplers and drum machines play a stronger role in the music.

Drain may refer to:

• Drain (plumbing), a fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or water that is to be re-circulated
• Drainage, the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area
  • Storm drain, a system of collecting and disposing of rain water in an urban area
  • French drain, a system that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area
• Drain STH, a disbanded female hard-rock band from Sweden
• Drain (surgery), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound
• Drain, Maine-et-Loire, a commune in Maine-et-Loire département, France
• Drain (transistor), a terminal in a field effect transistor
• Data Drain, a fictional element and technique in the .hack universe
• Drain, Oregon, a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
• Drain (comics), a comic book series starring a vampire
• Waterloo & City line, in the London Underground, nicknamed "The Drain"