EGAVE

drain

About 8.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole
    The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
  2. noun 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. noun A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
    ;;Saganing Drain, Vermuyden's Drain, the South Drain river, Najafgarh drain
  4. noun Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
    That rental property is a drain on our finances.
  5. noun An act of urination.
  6. noun One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  7. noun An outhole.
  8. noun A drink.

Similar words

drainpipe waste pipe drainage run out sap debilitate enfeeble flow away flow off sewer

Often followed by

the on and of into off from is current

Word family

drained drainer drainers draining drains

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