A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
Saganing Drain, Vermuyden's Drain, the South Drain river, Najafgarh drain
To lose liquid.
The clogged sink drained slowly.
To flow gradually.
The water of low ground drains off.
A surname.
A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
From Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną (“to strain, sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, parched”). Akin to Old En...
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