drain
see also: Drain
Etymology
Drain
Etymology
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see also: Drain
Etymology
From Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.
Pronunciation Noundrain (plural drains)
- (chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
- (chiefly, UK) 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.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- That rental property is a drain on our finances.
- (vulgar) An act of urination.
- (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- (pinball) An outhole.
- (UK, slang, dated) A drink.
- 1850 September 13, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC ↗:
- When the play was over, we came out together, and I said, "We've been very companionable and agreeable, and perhaps you wouldn't object to a drain?"
- 1966, Henry Mayhew, Peter Quennell, London's Underworld, page 48:
- What did she want with money, except now and then for a drain of white satin.
- French: drain, bonde
- German: Abfluss
- Italian: scolo
- Portuguese: dreno, ralo
- Russian: дрена́ж
- Spanish: desagüe, drenaje
- Spanish: aliviadero
- French: hémorragie, gouffre
- Portuguese: ralo
- Russian: уте́чка
- Spanish: tubo abierto, sangría
- Russian: моче́ние
- French: drain
drain (drains, present participle draining; simple past and past participle drained)
- (intransitive) To lose liquid.
- The clogged sink drained slowly.
- Knock knock. / Who’s there? / Dwayne. / Dwayne who? / Drain the bathtub, I’m drowning.
- (intransitive) To flow gradually.
- The water of low ground drains off.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
- Please drain the sink. It’s full of dirty water.
- (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
- (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
- The stress of this job is really draining me.
- (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC ↗:
- Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
- 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC ↗:
- But it was not alone that he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
- (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC ↗:
- Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
- (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
- (slang, archaic, transitive) To drink.
- Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)
- But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.
- Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)
- (transitive, basketball, slang) To make a shot.
- French: drainer
- Italian: scolare
- Russian: протека́ть
- Spanish: drenar, perder
- French: drainer
- German: entwässern, abfließen lassen, ablassen
- Italian: scolare
- Portuguese: drenar, escoar
- Russian: спуска́ть
- Spanish: desaguar
- French: déshydrater, essorer
- German: trocknen, trockenlegen
- Portuguese: drenar, secar
- Russian: осуша́ть
- Spanish: desaguar, desecar
Drain
Etymology
- As an Irish - and Scottish Gaelic - surname, from Ó Dreain, probably from dreán (see Welsh dryw).
- Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Druacháin; see Drohan.
- As an English surname, occupational surname related to the noun drain.
- Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Drane.
- As a French - surname, reduced from Derain, from Old French dererain, nickname for the youngest son of a family; see derrière.
- Surname.
- A city in Douglas County, Oregon.
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