Meaning

noun emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

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

noun a pipe through which liquid is carried away

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *draugiz Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn Old English drēahnian Middle English *dreinen English drain Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European…

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