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The word drain is in the Wiktionary

43 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • drain n. (Chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK).
  • drain n. (Chiefly UK) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage)…
  • drain n. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
  • drain n. (Vulgar) An act of urination.
  • drain n. (Electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  • drain n. (Pinball) An outhole.
  • drain n. (UK, slang, dated) A drink.
  • drain v. (Intransitive) To lose liquid.
  • drain v. (Intransitive) To flow gradually.
  • drain v. (Transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
  • drain v. (Transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
  • drain v. (Transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
  • drain v. (Transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
  • drain v. (Transitive, obsolete) To filter.
  • drain v. (Intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
  • drain v. (Slang, archaic, transitive) To drink.
  • Drain prop.n. A surname.
  • Drain prop.n. A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
— Foreign word, define in English —
  • Cimbrian
    • drain num. Dative of drai.
— English word, defined in German —
  • drain S. Abflussrohr.
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • drain w. Overgankelijk (kookkunst) laten afdruipen, uitlekken.
  • drain w. Overgankelijk afvoeren, afwateren, draineren, droogleggen, ontwateren.
  • drain w. Overgankelijk aftappen.
  • drain w. Overgankelijk uitlekken.
  • drain n. Afvoer, drainage.
  • drain n. Afvoerkanaal, draineerbuis.
  • drain n. Afvoerbuis, riool.
  • drain n. (Medisch) drain.
— English words, defined in French —
  • drain n. Égout.
  • drain n. Résultat de vider.
  • drain n. Drain (Électricité).
  • drain v. Déshydrater, essorer.
  • drain v. Drainer.
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • drain s. Prosciugamento.
— In Dutch —
  • drain n. Ondergrondse afvoerbuis van waterdoorlatend materiaal die…
  • drain n. (Medisch) afvoerbuisje voor overtollig lichaamsvocht dat…
  • drain n. (Elektronica) een van de aansluitingen van een veldeffecttransistor.
— In French —
  • drain n.m. (Électricité) Une des trois électrodes d’un transistor…
  • drain n.m. (Agriculture) Fossé souterrain qui sert à faire écouler…
  • drain n.m. (Par extension) Il se dit aussi d’un tuyau poreux qui sert…
  • drain n.m. (Par analogie) (Chirurgie) Mèche ou tube percé de trous…
  • Drain n.prop. (Géographie) Village et ancienne commune française située…
— In Italian —
  • drain s. (Forestierismo) (elettronica) (tecnologia) (ingegneria) terminale…
87 English words from 19 English definitions

access access␣point act allowing and archaic bottom by␣degrees Canada cause Chiefly city conduit consuming contained convert County dated Dative degrees deplete directly Douglas Douglas␣County downstream drainage drains draw draw␣off drink dry effect Electronics energy ergative exhaust fall fall␣off FET field field␣effect filter flow for gradually hence in␣return into Intransitive liquid lose nothing obsolete of␣a of␣an off one Oregon otherwise out outhole out␣of perennially pinball place playfield plughole point providing rainwater resources return slang Something States surname terminal that the transistor transitive United United␣States urination volume Vulgar wet

21 English words from 24 foreign definitions

Agriculture Chirurgie commune dat des die dit drain drainage Drainer een extension faire Fossé laten Par souterrain transistor tube van Village

56 foreign words from 24 foreign definitions

aansluitingen Abflussrohr afdruipen aftappen Afvoer afvoerbuis afvoerbuisje afvoeren afwateren analogie ancienne aussi Déshydrater draineerbuis draineren droogleggen écouler Égout Électricité électrodes Elektronica elettronica essorer Forestierismo française Géographie ingegneria kookkunst lichaamsvocht materiaal Mèche Medisch Ondergrondse ontwateren Overgankelijk overtollig Par␣extension percé poreux Prosciugamento qui Résultat riool sert située tecnologia terminale trois trous tuyau uitlekken Une veldeffecttransistor vider voor waterdoorlatend

82 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

draine Draine draino drains Drains drained drainer draines Draines drainage Drainbow drainers drainest draineth drain␣fly drainful draining drain␣out drain␣pan drainable drainages drain␣away Drainbows draincock drain␣cock drainfuls drainings drainless drainlike drain-like drain␣pans drainpipe drain␣pipe drainplug drain␣plug drain␣pump drainsful draintile draintrap drainwork drainboard draincocks drain␣cocks drained␣out drain␣fever drainfield drain␣field drain␣flies drainingly drainmaker +32 words

68 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

JP␣drains redrains undrains acid␣rains air␣drains quadrains redrained subdrains top-drains undrained blood␣rains nondrained overdrains redrainage redraining subdrained top-drained undraining updrainage well␣drains air␣drainage brain␣drains catchdrains nondrainage nondraining overdrained predrainage spray␣drains storm␣drains subdrainage subdraining table␣drains top-draining underdrains undrainable downdrainage endodrainage French␣drains lifedraining overdrainage overdraining rubble␣drains subdrainages underdrained amniodrainage Audrain␣County counterdrains interdrainage paleodrainage Penrose␣drains +18 words

38 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Audrain JP␣drain redrain undrain acid␣rain air␣drain quadrain subdrain top-drain blood␣rain overdrain well␣drain brain␣drain catchdrain spray␣drain storm␣drain table␣drain underdrain French␣drain rubble␣drain counterdrain down␣the␣drain Penrose␣drain circle␣the␣drain go␣down␣the␣drain laugh␣like␣a␣drain circling␣the␣drain goes␣down␣the␣drain gone␣down␣the␣drain laughs␣like␣a␣drain like␣a␣rat␣up␣a␣drain pour␣down␣the␣drain went␣down␣the␣drain going␣down␣the␣drain Jackson-Pratt␣drain laughed␣like␣a␣drain reverse␣brain␣drain laughing␣like␣a␣drain

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ain AIN ain' Dra DRA rai Rai raï rain Rain

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ard Ard ARD 'ard -ard IAR IARD nia Nia NIA

10 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Darin dinar Drina Indra nadir Nadir Nardi Ndari Radin ranid

100 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Adrian Adrien Adrina airned aldrin Aldrin Andrei Andrin ardian Ardian Ardoin Arvind Bardin Brandi Briand Cardin carnid Dairen darcin Dargin Darian Darien Darién daring darion darlin' darn␣it Darrin darwin Darwin Denair denari derain dinars dirwan donair dorian Dorian dracin drag␣in draine Draine draino drains Drains drawin' draw␣in Dritan durian friand +50 words

55 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Adin ad␣in Aird airn Andi andr- arid Arin ARIN arni Dain Dair Dani dari Dari darn Dina dira DNAR DNRA Drin IARD Inda -inda Irad Iran Irân Irān Îrân Īrān Nadi NAID Nair nard Nard NDRI Nida NIRA Radi raid RAID rain Rain rand Rand RAND rani Rani rdna rDNA riad Rian Rina rind RNAi

14 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

brain Brain Crain DRAGN drail drait drawn drein frain Frain grain Grain train Train

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Dain Drin rain Rain

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

derain dracin drag␣in drawin' draw␣in


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