Main Entry: ¹drain

Pronunciation: \ˈdrān\

Function: transitive verb

1 a : to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely <drain pus from an abscess> b : to exhaust physically or emotionally
2 : to carry away or give passage to a bodily fluid or a discharge from <drain an abscess> <the eustachian tube drains the middle ear—H. G. Armstrong>

intransitive verb

: to flow off gradually <blood draining from a wound>