drain
    n 1: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run
         out of it [syn: drain, drainage]
    2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to
       remove unwanted material
    3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drain,
       drainpipe, waste pipe]
    4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on
       resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"
    v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big
         vat" [syn: drain, 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" [syn: enfeeble,
       debilitate, drain]

Drain \Drain\ (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained
   (dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to
   drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]
   1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
      off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
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            Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
                                                  --Bacon.
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            But it was not alone that the he drained their
            treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
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   2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
      gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
      streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
      to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
      as, to drain a country of its specie.
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            Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
            Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
                                                  --Roscommon.
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   3. To filter.
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            Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
            hath become fresh.                    --Bacon.
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Drain \Drain\, v. i.
   1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
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   2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as,
      let the vessel stand and drain.
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Drain \Drain\, n.
   1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and
      continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie
      from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
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   2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a
      trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
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   3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
      [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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   Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter.

   Right of drain (Law), an easement or servitude by which one
      man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over
      the estate of another. --Kent.
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drain
 v.

    [IBM] Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about it;
    one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline.

drain

    (IBM) To allow a system to complete the processing of
   its current work before the system becomes unavailable.
   E.g. draining a device before taking it off-line or telling
   a web server in a server farm not to accept any new
   requests but to finish processing any requests it has already
   accepted.

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DRAIN. Conveying the water from one place to another, for the purpose of 
drying the former 
     2. The right of draining water through another map's land. This is an 
easement or servitude acquired by grant or prescription. Vide 3 Kent, Com. 
436 7 Mann. & Gr. 354; Jus aguaeductus; Rain water; Stillicidium. 

Drain, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
   Population (2000):    1021
   Housing Units (2000): 441
   Land area (2000):     0.543369 sq. miles (1.407318 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.543369 sq. miles (1.407318 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            20500
   Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
   Location:             43.661647 N, 123.314808 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     97435
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Drain, OR
    Drain