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What does drain mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word drain? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
  2. (chiefly Britain) 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.
  3. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
  4. (vulgar) An act of urination.
  5. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  6. (pinball) An outhole.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To lose liquid.
  2. (intransitive) To flow gradually.
  3. (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
  4. (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
  5. (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
  6. (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
  8. (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
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