Definition of Drain

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Definition of Drain

Drain

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

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.

To filter.

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

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

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

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

The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.

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Drain Quotations

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it."
T. S. Eliot

Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.
John Belushi

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.
Margaret Cho

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton

If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that.
Paul Weyrich

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
Martin Yan

Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.
Ted Danson

The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.
Wim Wenders

I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political.
William Odom

The ruling class is smarter than you, and they're more creative. And if you forget that lesson, you go down the drain. Because if they weren't, they wouldn't be around as long as they have been and as strong as they have been.
Al Lewis

Drain Translations

drain in Dutch is afdruipen, neerdruipen
drain in Latin is adficio
drain in Portuguese is dreno

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