The meaning of DRAIN is to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely. How to use drain in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Drain.

DRAIN definition: to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration. See examples of drain used in a sentence.

If you drain something, you remove the liquid from it, usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away, and if something drains, liquid flows away or out of it:

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To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain.

A drain is a pipe that carries water or sewage away from a place, or an opening in a surface that leads to the pipe.

Drain definition: To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process.

To remove or cause the gradual depletion of a substance, typically a liquid, from a container or an area. See example sentences, synonyms, and etymology for the verb drain.

A drain is the primary vessel or conduit for unwanted water or waste liquids to flow away, either to a more useful area, funnelled into a receptacle, or run into sewers or stormwater mains as …

Definition of drain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.