English Dictionary
◊ TIL NOW
drain
n 1: emptying accomplished by draining [syn: {drainage}]
2: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: {drainpipe},
{waste pipe}]
3: a gradual depletion; "a drain on resources"
v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big
vat" [syn: {run out}]
2: drain of resources [syn: {sap}]
3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil
tank"
4: flow off or away gradually; "The water drained from the
pipe" [syn: {flow away}, {flow off}]
5: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: {enfeeble},
{debilitate}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DRAIN
drain
[IBM] Synonym for {flush}. Has a connotation of finality
about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it
off-line.
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