Drain may refer to:
Objects and processes
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Drain (plumbing)
A drain is the primary vessel or conduit for unwanted water or waste liquids to flow away, either to a more useful area, funnelled into a receptacle, or run into sewers or stormwater mains as waste discharge to be released or processed.
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, a fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or for water that is to be re-circulated on the side of a road
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Floor drain
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Drain (surgery), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound
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Drainage
Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils can prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that harm root gro ...
, the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area
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French drain, a system that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area
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Slot drain
A slot drain is a linear drain used to evacuate water, runoff or liquids in a facility. The difference between a slot drain and the traditional trench drain is that the slot drain has no grating. In recent years, this drainage concept is more ...
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Storm drain
A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), highway drain, surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from i ...
, a system of collecting and disposing of rain water in an urban area
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Drain (transistor)
The field-effect transistor (FET) is a type of transistor that uses an electric field to control the current through a semiconductor. It comes in two types: junction FET (JFET) and metal-oxide-semiconductor FET (MOSFET). FETs have three termi ...
, a terminal in a field effect transistor
Art and entertainment
Musical groups
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Drain (noise rock band), an American noise rock band
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Drain (punk band), an American hardcore punk band
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Drain STH, a Swedish hard rock band
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Drain Gang, Swedish hip hop collective
Other
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''Drain'' (comics), a comic book series starring a vampire
* "Drain", song by X Japan on the album ''
Dahlia
''Dahlia'' ( , ) is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. Dahlias are members of the Asteraceae (synonym name: Compositae) family of dicotyledonous plants, its relatives include the sun ...
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* "The Drain", song by Bad Omens, Health, and Swarm on the albums ''
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Rat Wars Ultra Edition''
Places
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Drain, Oregon
Drain is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,151 at the 2010 census. Drain is named after town founder and politician Charles J. Drain, who donated of nearby land to the Oregon and California Railroad in 1871. ...
, a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
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Drain, Maine-et-Loire, a commune in France
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Waterloo & City line, in the London Underground, nicknamed "The Drain"
People with the surname
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Charles Drain (disambiguation), several people
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Dorothy Drain (1909–1996), Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet
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Émile Drain (1890–1966), French actor and comedian
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Geoffrey Drain (1918–1993), British trade union leader
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Gershwin A. Drain (born 1949), American federal judge
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Jim Drain (born 1975), American artist
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Job Henry Charles Drain (1895–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Lauren Drain (born 1985), American author
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Robert D. Drain (born ), American judge
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Sammy Drain (1945–2016), guitarist
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Thomas Drain (1879–1952), Scottish footballer
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Tracy Drain, flight systems engineer at NASA
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William Thomas Drain (1905–1984), Scottish Australian footballer
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