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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
▸ noun: Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
▸ noun: (vulgar) An act of urination.
▸ noun: (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
▸ noun: (pinball) An outhole.
▸ noun: (UK, slang, dated) A drink.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To lose liquid.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To flow gradually.
▸ verb: (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
▸ verb: (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
▸ verb: (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
▸ verb: (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
▸ verb: (slang, archaic, transitive) To drink.
▸ verb: (transitive, basketball, slang) To make a shot.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
Similar:
drainpipe,
drainage,
waste pipe,
debilitate,
enfeeble,
run out,
sap,
flow away,
flow off,
sink,
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Types:
floor drain,
sink drain,
tub drain,
catch basin,
grease trap,
sewer drain,
storm drain,
French drain,
more...
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