[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drain \drain\ dr=an, v. t. imp.  p. p. drained
   dr=and; p. pr.  vb. n. draining. as. drehnigean to
   drain, strain; perh. akin to e. draw.
   1. to draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
      off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
      1913 webster

            fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            but it was not alone that the he drained their
            treasure and hampered their industry. --motley.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
            filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
                                                  --roscommon.
      1913 webster

   3. to filter.
      1913 webster

            salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
            hath become fresh.                    --bacon.
      1913 webster
see also:
drained draining 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drain \drain\, v. i.
   1. to flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
      1913 webster

   2. to become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as,
      let the vessel stand and drain.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drain \drain\, n.
   1. the act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and
      continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie
      from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
      1913 webster

   2. that means of which anything is drained; a channel; a
      trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
      1913 webster

   3. pl. the grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
      eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   box drain, counter drain. see under box, counter.

   right of drain law, an easement or servitude by which one
      man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over
      the estate of another. --kent.
      1913 webster
see also:
box drain counter drain box counter right of drain 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

drain
     n 1: emptying accomplished by draining syn: drainage
     2: tube inserted into a body cavity as during surgery to
        remove unwanted material
     3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away syn: drainpipe,
         waste pipe
     4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on
        resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"
     v 1: flow off gradually; "the rain water drains into this big
          vat" syn: run out
     2: deplete of resources; "the exercise class drains me of
        energy"
     3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "we drained the oil
        tank"
     4: make weak; "life in the camp drained him" syn: enfeeble,
        debilitate
see also:
drainage drainpipe waste pipe run out enfeeble debilitate 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

423 moby thesaurus words for "drain":
   abate, ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, absorb, absorption,
   abstract, abuse, achromatize, acquire, air-dry, anhydrate,
   assimilate, assimilation, attrition, bake, bankrupt, bate, bereave,
   blackmail, blanch, bleach, bleed, bleed white, blot, blow,
   blow out, bog, broach, brush, bugger, burn, burn up, burning up,
   call, call for, catch up, cesspool, channel, claim, clap hands on,
   clasp, claw, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out,
   clear the decks, clench, clinch, cloaca, cloaca maxima, clutch,
   conduit, consume, consumption, contribution, cripple, culvert,
   cure, curtail, cut off, de-energize, debilitate, decant, decolor,
   decolorize, decrease, decrement, deduct, defecate, defluxion,
   dehumidify, dehydrate, demand, demand for, denude, deplete,
   depletion, deplume, depreciate, depreciation, depress, deprive,
   deprive of, derogate, desiccate, despoil, detract, digest,
   digestion, dim, diminish, disable, disbursement, discharge,
   discolor, disenable, disentitle, disparage, displume, dissipate,
   dissipation, ditch, divest, down the drain, draft, draft off, drag,
   drain of color, drain of resources, drain off, drain out, drainage,
   draw, draw down, draw from, draw off, drench, dribble away,
   drink up, drip, dry, dull, dump, duty, ease one of, eat, eat away,
   eat up, eating up, ebb, effluence, efflux, effluxion, effusion,
   eliminate, embrace, empty, empty out, enfeeble, ennui, erode,
   erosion, etiolate, evacuate, evaporate, evaporation, exaction,
   exhalation, exhaust, exhaustion, expend, expending, expenditure,
   exploit, exsiccate, extortion, extortionate demand, extract, fade,
   fatigue, file away, find vent, finish, finish off, finishing, fire,
   flay, fleece, flow, flow out, flowoff, fume, garbage dump, get,
   get hold of, glom on to, gobble, gobble up, gone, grab,
   grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, gush, gush out, gutter,
   hamstring, headchute, heavy demand, hors de combat, hug, ill-use,
   impair, impose upon, imposition, impost, impoverish,
   impoverishment, inactivate, incapacitate, indent, ingest,
   ingestion, insistent demand, insolate, jade, jet, kennel, kibosh,
   kiln, lame, lay hands on, lay hold of, leach, leakage, leave,
   lessen, let, let blood, let out, levy, lighten one of, loot, lost,
   maim, make use of, manipulate, marsh, milk, mine, mire, misuse,
   mummify, nail, nip, nip up, nonnegotiable demand, notice, ooze,
   oppress, order, outfall, outflow, outflowing, outgo, outlet,
   outpour, outpouring, pale, pall, palm, parch, partake, peroxide,
   phlebotomize, pick clean, pillage, pipe, pipette, piscina, play on,
   pluck, pocket, possess, pour, pour out, presume upon, pump,
   pump out, purge, purify, put, quaff, quagmire, queer,
   queer the works, receive, reduce, reduction, refine, remove,
   requirement, requisition, retrench, rub, rub away, run out, runoff,
   rush, rush order, sabotage, sap, sapping, scorch, scour out,
   scupper, sear, seep, seize, septic tank, sewer, shear, shorten,
   shrink, shrinkage, shrivel, sink, siphon, siphon off, skin, sluice,
   sluice out, smoke, snap up, snatch, soak up, sough, spend,
   spending, spew out, spike, sponge, spout, spout out, spurt,
   squander, squandering, steal, strain, strip, strip bare, stroke,
   subduct, subtract, suck, suck dry, suck out, sump, sun, sun-dry,
   surge, swab, swallow, swallow up, swamp, sweep out, swill, take,
   take advantage of, take away, take away from, take by assault,
   take by storm, take from, take hold of, take possession, tap,
   tarnish, tax, taxing, thin, thin out, thrown away, tire, tone down,
   torrefy, towel, trench, tribute, trickle, ultimatum, unclog, unfit,
   unfoul, up the spout, use, use ill, use up, using, using up,
   venesect, vent, void, vomit forth, warning, wash out, wastage,
   waste, waste away, wasted, wastefulness, wasting away, watercourse,
   weaken, wear, wear away, wear down, wearing, wearing away,
   wearing down, weary, weazen, weed, weigh, well, well out, whip up,
   whiten, wing, wipe, withdraw, withdrawal, wither, wizen, work on,
   work upon, wreck

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

drain v. ibm syn. for flush sense 2. has a connotation of
   finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it
   offline.


see also:
flush 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

drain
     
        ibm synonym for flush.  has a connotation of finality
        about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it
        off-line.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
flush jargon file 

[8] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

drain. conveying the water from one place to another, for the purpose of 
drying the former 
     2. the right of draining water through another map's land. this is an 
easement or servitude acquired by grant or prescription. vide 3 kent, com. 
436 7 mann.  gr. 354; jus aguaeductus; rain water; stillicidium. 

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

drain, or city, fips 20500
  location: 43.66211 n, 123.31407 w
  population 1990: 1011 391 housing units
  area: 1.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 97435

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

drain, or -- u.s. city in oregon
   population 2000:    1021
   housing units 2000: 441
   land area 2000:     0.543369 sq. miles 1.407318 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.543369 sq. miles 1.407318 sq. km
   fips code:            20500
   located within:       oregon or, fips 41
   location:             43.661647 n, 123.314808 w
   zip codes 1990:     97435
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    drain, or
    drain

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