"drain" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: emptying, evacuation, voidance - the act of removing the contents of something

same as: drainage
referred to in: surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

is a type of: tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
is a type of: pipage, pipe, piping - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
subtypes:
- culvert - a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- scupper - drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- cloaca, sewer, sewerage - a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- soil pipe - drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.
- trap - drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
same as: drainpipe, waste pipe
is a type of: depletion - the act of decreasing something markedly
subtypes:
- drawing, drawing off - act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
- brain drain - depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel

Verb

is a type of: course, feed, flow, run - move along, of liquids

same as: run out
is a type of: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out - use up (resources or materials)
is a type of: empty - make void or empty of contents
is a type of: weaken - lessen the strength of

subtypes: emaciate, macerate, waste - cause to grow thin or weak

same as: debilitate, enfeeble