drain meaning
EN
[dɹeɪn] [-eɪn] 
US WDrain
- Drain may refer to:
- Drain (plumbing), a fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or water that is to be re-circulated
- Drainage, the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area
- Storm drain, a system of collecting and disposing of rain water in an urban area
- French drain, a system that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area
- Drain STH, a disbanded female hard-rock band from Sweden
- Drain (surgery), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound
- NounPLdrainsSUF-ain
- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
- ( chiefly US, Canada ) The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
- (chiefly Britain) 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) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- (pinball) An outhole.
- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
- VerbSGdrainsPRdrainingPT, PPdrained
- (intransitive) To lose liquid.
- The clogged sink drained slowly.
- (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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
- (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
- (intransitive) To lose liquid.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.
- They drain the stalk out with their arms, quick-handed, and cleanse it with a stream of mead and filters.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of drain in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "drain" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.