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1. Flow off gradually
   "The rain water drains into this big vat";
   - run out
    
2. Deplete of resources
   "The exercise class drains me of energy"
    
3. Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
   "We drained the oil tank"
    
4. Make weak
   "Life in the camp drained him";
   - enfeeble, debilitate

1. Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
   - drainage
    
2. (surgery) tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
    
3. A pipe through which liquid is carried away
   "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drain";
   - drainpipe, waste pipe
    
4. A gradual depletion of energy or resources
   "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

Derived forms: draining, drains, drained

Type of: consume, course, deplete, depletion, eat, eat up, empty, emptying, evacuation, exhaust, feed, flow, pipage, pipe, piping, run, run through, tube, tubing, use up, voidance, weaken, wipe out

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