meaning of drain

1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
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.
3. To filter.
4. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
5. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
6. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
7. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
8. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers drains.
9. drain [IBM] Synonym for flush. Has a connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it off-line. [Jargon File] DRAM dynamic random access memory DRAM refresh The operation which cycles through a DRAM reading each row and writing it back again to compensate for the gradual leakage of charge from the capacitors which store the data. This may be done by the CPU but is often done by a dedicated memory controller.
10. emptying accomplished by draining

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