drains

noun

(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.

Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.

(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.

(vulgar) An act of urination.

(pinball) An outhole.

(electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

A surname.

(UK, slang, dated) A drink.

verb

(transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.

(transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.

(intransitive) To flow gradually.

(intransitive) To lose liquid.

(transitive, basketball, slang) To make a shot.

(transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.

(intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

(transitive, obsolete) To filter.

(slang, archaic, transitive) To drink.

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