Definition of drain

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

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Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Draining :: Draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drai.
Trogue :: Trogue (n.) A wooden trough, forming a drain..
Tile :: Tile (n.) A draintile.
Drainer :: Drainer (n.) One who, or that which, drains..
Exhaustment :: Exhaustment (n.) Exhaustion; drain.
Carouse :: Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
Treacle :: Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc..
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities..
Insanitary :: Insanitary (a.) Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..
Sink :: Sink (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
Suilline :: Suillage (n.) A drain or collection of filth.
Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw or drain.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of..
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
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