A device for removing fluid from a cavity or wound. A drain is typically a tube or wick. As a verb, to allow fluid to be released from a confined area.

See: JP drain.

See: Penrose drain.

In medicine, to remove fluid as it collects; or, a tube or wick-like device used to remove fluid from a body cavity, wound, or infected area.

One of the three terminals that comprise a FET. A voltage on the gate controls the current flow between the source and drain.

1550s, from drain (v.).

Old English dreahnian "to drain, strain out," from Proto-Germanic *dreug-, source of drought, dry, giving the English word originally a sense of "make dry." Figurative meaning of & [..]

to empty.

1. to sink a putt 2. a player who seems to make a lot of putts

emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" deplete of resources; "The exer [..]

the act of sinking a putt into the cup. Example: "Geddy drained a thirty five foot putt for birdie."

A slang expression meaning to make a putt

To make a putt, slang.

To sink a putt.

To sink a putt.

To make a putt on the first try.

to take away water or some other liquid

[IBM] v. Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline.

Definition noun

A device for removing fluid from a cavity or wound. A drain is typically a tube or wick.

A small catheter to remove extra blood/fluid from inside the body.

Where lost balls exit the playfield (noun), as well as the actual act of losing a ball (verb).   Also known as the outhole.

To pour off a liquid or fat from Jamaican food, often with the use of a colander. "Drain" can also mean to blot greasy Jamaican food (such as bacon) on paper towels. T

To pour off fat or liquid from food, often using a colander.

To pour off liquid.

To remove liquid or fat from food through a strainer or by absorbing on paper towels.

To separate the liquid or fat from a food.

(n) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it(n) tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material(n) a pipe through which liquid is carried aw [..]

Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne waste.

A passage in, or line from a hydraulic component which returns leakage fluid independently to reservoir or to a vented manifold.

a valved connection at the lowest point for the removal of all water from the pressure parts.

Total current drawn by a load.

 Withdrawal of current from a cell.

A cobbled improvement to the trail surface that allows drainage (usually from an intermittent wet seep) across the trail for continued passage along the trail without damage to the soil.

 - Withdrawal of current from a cell.

 This term usually refers to a plumbing fitting installed on the suction side of the pump in pools, spas and hot tubs. Sometimes called the main drain, it is located in the deepest part of the pool, h [..]

to allow a liquid to withdraw from, pour out of, or pour off an item, sometimes with the use of a strainer or colander.

To drain is to remove the liquid out of a food that you are cooking. A strainer or colander can be used to drain liquid from a food.

To pour off liquid

to allow a liquid to withdraw from, pour out of, or pour off an item, sometimes with the use of a strainer or colander.

Cooking process whereby food is slowly simmered in water.

In medicine, to remove fluid as it collects; or, a tube or wick-like device used to remove fluid from a body cavity, wound, or infected area.

To make a putt (“drain it”).

A drain occurs each day when transmitted returns are gathered by the receiving agency for processing.

To remove liquid from a food product.

A region of a FET into which majority carriers flow from the channel. One of three terminals on a Field Effect Transistor.