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drain verb (drained, draining) 1 to empty (a container) by causing or allowing liquid to escape. 2 (drain something of liquid) to remove liquid from it. 3 to drink the total contents of (a glass, etc). 4 to use up the strength, emotion or resources of (someone). 5 said of a river: to carry away surface water from (land). noun a device, especially a pipe, for carrying away liquid. drainer noun a device on which articles can be left to drain, or a draining board. a drain on something anything that exhausts or seriously depletes a supply. down the drain colloq wasted; lost.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon dreahnian.