DRAIN definition: to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration. See examples of drain used in a sentence.

The meaning of DRAIN is to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely. How to use drain in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Drain.

If you drain something, you remove the liquid from it, usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away, and if something drains, liquid flows away or out of it:

To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain.

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To remove or cause the gradual depletion of a substance, typically a liquid, from a container or an area. See example sentences, synonyms, and etymology for the verb drain.

If you say that something is a drain on an organization's finances or resources, you mean that it costs the organization a large amount of money, and you do not consider that it is worth it.