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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drain \Drain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained}; 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 Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. --Bacon. But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley. 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. Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon. 3. To filter. Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Draining \Drain"ing\, vb n. of {Drain}, v. t. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. {Draining tile}. Same as {Draintile}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: draining adj : having a debilitating effect; "a killing job in the hot sun" [syn: {exhausting}, {killing}]
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