overdrain
verb (used with object)
1.
to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
2.
to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid: to drain a crankcase.
3.
to exhaust the resources of: to drain the treasury.
4.
to deprive of strength; tire.
verb (used without object)
5.
to flow off gradually.
6.
to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture: This land drains into the Mississippi.
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noun
Idioms 7.
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
8.
Surgery. a material or appliance for maintaining the opening of a wound to permit free exit of fluids.
9.
gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.
10.
something that causes a large or continuous outflow, expenditure, or depletion: Medical expenses were a major drain on his bank account.
11.
an act of draining.
13.
go down the drain,
a.
to become worthless or profitless.
b.
to go out of existence; disappear.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English dreynen, Old English drēhnian, drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry
before 1000; Middle English dreynen, Old English drēhnian, drēahnian to strain, filter; akin to dry
Related forms
drain·a·ble, adjective
drain·er, noun
o·ver·drain, verb
un·drain·a·ble, adjective
un·drained, adjective
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drain (dreɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a pipe or channel that carries off water, sewage, etc |
| 2. | an instance or cause of continuous diminution in resources or energy; depletion |
| 3. | surgery a device, such as a tube, for insertion into a wound, incision, or bodily cavity to drain off pus, etc |
| 4. | electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor into which majority carriers flow from the interelectrode conductivity channel |
| 5. | down the drain wasted |
| —vb (often foll by off) (often foll by away) | |
| 6. | to draw off or remove (liquid) from: to drain water from vegetables; to drain vegetables |
| 7. | to flow (away) or filter (off) |
| 8. | (intr) to dry or be emptied as a result of liquid running off or flowing away: leave the dishes to drain |
| 9. | (tr) to drink the entire contents of (a glass, cup, etc) |
| 10. | (tr) to consume or make constant demands on (resources, energy, etc); exhaust; sap |
| 11. | (intr) to disappear or leave, esp gradually: the colour drained from his face |
| 12. | (tr) (of a river, etc) to carry off the surface water from (an area) |
| 13. | (intr) (of an area) to discharge its surface water into rivers, streams, etc |
| [Old English drēahnian; related to Old Norse drangr dry wood; see | |
| 'drainable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
drain
O.E. dreahnian, from P.Gmc. *draug-, source of "drought, dry," giving the English word originally a sense of "make dry." Figurative meaning of "exhaust" is attested from 1650s. Related: Drained; draining. The noun is from 1550s.
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Medical Dictionary
drain (drān)
n.
A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or into a body or dental cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material. v. drained, drain·ing, drains
To draw off a liquid gradually as it forms.
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Slang Dictionary
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.
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