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drain [n]

1)	emptying accomplished by draining

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drainage

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emptying

2)	tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

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tube surgery

3)	a pipe through which liquid is carried away

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drainpipe waste_pipe

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pipage culvert scupper cloaca soil_pipe trap

4)	a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"

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depletion drawing brain_drain

drain [v]

1)	flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"

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run_out

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course

2)	deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"

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consume

3)	empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

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empty

4)	make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

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debilitate enfeeble

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weaken debility debilitation emaciate

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

[IBM] Synonym for flush. Has a connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it off-line.

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