1a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.
British a frame of metal bars set in a road over the opening to a rainwater channel.
a tube for drawing off accumulating fluid from a body cavity or an abscess.
Electronics the part of a field-effect transistor to which the charge carriers flow after passing the gate.
2 [in singular] a thing that uses up a particular resource:nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse
the continuous loss or expenditure of a particular resource:the drain of talented staff to the United States
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1cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry:we drained the swimming pool
cause or allow (liquid) to run off or out of something:fry the pork and drain off any excess fat
make (land) drier by providing channels for water to flow away in:the land was drained and the boggy ground reclaimed
(of a river) carry off the superfluous water from (an area):the stream drains a wide moorland above the waterfall
[no object, with adverbial of direction] (of water or another liquid) flow away from, out of, or into something:the river drains into the Pacific figurativePolly felt the blood drain from her face
[no object] become dry or drier as liquid runs off or away:dishes left to drain
drink the entire contents of (a glass or other container):the stranger drained his glass of beer
2deprive of strength or vitality:his limbs were drained of all energyRuth slumped down in her seat, drained by all that had happened
cause (a valuable resource) to be lost or used up:my mother’s hospital bills are draining my income
[no object, with adverbial] (of a valuable resource) be lost or used up:votes and campaign funds drained away from the Republican candidate
3 Golf, informal (of a player) hole (a putt):whenever he did hit a green, he drained the putt
go down the drain
informal be totally wasted:the government must stop public money going down the drain
