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draine

draine is the obsolete spelling of drain.

Meaning of drain

Noun

drain (plural drains)

  1. (Canada, US) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
    • The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
  2. (UK) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
  3. A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
    • ;;Saganing Drain, Vermuyden's Drain, the South Drain river, Najafgarh drain
  4. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
    • That rental property is a drain on our finances.
  5. (vulgar) An act of urination.
  6. One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

See all 20 meanings of drain

Proper noun capitalized: Draine

Draine (plural Draines)

  1. A surname.

Forms of draine

Noun
pluraldraines
Proper noun
pluralDraines

Questions about draine

What does draine mean?
Draine means a surname.
What is draine the obsolete spelling of?
Draine is the obsolete spelling of drain.
What part of speech is draine?
Draine is a proper noun.

Words near draine in the dictionary

  1. Drainbow
  2. Drainbows
  3. draincock
  4. draincocks
  5. draincore
  6. draine
  7. drained
  8. drained away
  9. drained out
  10. drained the dragon
  11. drained the lizard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: draine (page history and authors); Draine (page history and authors); drain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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