drain
A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
Other meanings
Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
“That rental property is a drain on our finances.”
One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Related words
- catchdrain
- counterdrain
- Drainer
- drainful
- subdrain
- underdrain
- undrain
- brain drain
- circle the drain
- down the drain
- drainboard
- Drainbow
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “drain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.