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drain - a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
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drainpipe |
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pipage,
pipe,
piping a fee charged for the use of pipes
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culvert a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
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scupper drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
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cloaca,
sewer,
sewerage (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
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soil pipe drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.
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trap a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
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drain - emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it |
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drainage |
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emptying,
evacuation,
voidance the act of removing the contents of something
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drain - a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration" |
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depletion the act of decreasing something markedly
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drawing,
drawing off act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
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brain drain depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
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drain - tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material |
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tube,
tubing conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
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surgery a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
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| verb |
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drain - empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank" |
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empty become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
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drain - flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" |
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course,
feed,
flow,
run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
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drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" |
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consume,
deplete,
eat,
eat up,
exhaust,
run through,
use up,
wipe out engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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