Drain may refer to:

Objects and processes

* Drain (plumbing), 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 ** Floor drain * Drain (surgery), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound * Drainage, the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area ** French drain, a system that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area ** Slot drain **

Storm drain A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, United States, U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to Drainage, drain excess rain and ground water ...

, a system of collecting and disposing of rain water in an urban area *

Drain (transistor) The field-effect transistor (FET) is a type of transistor that uses an electric field to control the flow of current in a semiconductor. FETs ( JFETs or MOSFETs) are devices with three terminals: ''source'', ''gate'', and ''drain''. FETs con ...

, a terminal in a field effect transistor

Art and entertainment

Musical groups

* Drain (noise rock band), an American noise rock band *

Drain (punk band) Drain is an American hardcore punk band formed in Santa Cruz, California in 2014. Beginning without a set musical style, the 2015 hiring of vocalist Sammy Ciaramitaro and bassist-turned-guitarist Cody Chavez led the band to embrace a crossover ...

, an American hardcore punk band *

Drain STH Drain STH (STH for Stockholm) was a rock Girl group, girl band from Sweden. Biography Stockholm quartet Drain STH underwent many changes in both musical style and image. Guitarist Flavia Canel and drummer Martina Axén had been together in many ...

, a Swedish hard rock band * Drain Gang,

Other

* ''Drain'' (comics), a comic book series starring a vampire * "Drain", song on the X Japan album '' Dahlia''

Places

* Drain, Oregon, a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States *

Drain, Maine-et-Loire Drain () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative divisi ...

, a commune in France * Waterloo & City line, in the London Underground, nicknamed "The Drain"

People with the surname

* Charles Drain (disambiguation), several people * Dorothy Drain (1909–1996), Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet *

Émile Drain Émile Drain (1890–1966) was a French actor and comedian. In 1925, he starred as Napoleon with Gloria Swanson in '' Madame Sans-Gene''. In 1927 he played ''Napoleon'' in the Donald Crisp directed ''The Fighting Eagle''. In 1948, he appeared, a ...

(1890–1966), French actor and comedian * Geoffrey Drain (1918–1993), British trade union leader * Gershwin A. Drain (born 1949), American federal judge *

Jim Drain Jim Drain (born 1975) is an American mixed media artist. Drain often makes work collaboratively, first within the collective, Forcefield (1996–2002) and also with artists Elyse Allen, Ara Peterson, and Ben Russell, respectively. Life and wor ...

(born 1975), American artist * Job Henry Charles Drain (1895–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Lauren Drain Lauren Drain (born December 31, 1985) is a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church who wrote the 2013 book ''Banished'', which chronicles her experiences and eventual banishment from the church. Early life Drain was born in Tampa, Florida ...

(born 1985), American author *

Robert D. Drain Robert D. Drain (born ) is a United States bankruptcy judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York who has presided at several high-profile corporate bankruptcies. Early life Drain received a B.A. degree cu ...

(born ), American judge * Sammy Drain (1945–2016), guitarist *

Thomas Drain Thomas Drain (born 1880) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal, Bradford City and Leeds City Leeds City Football Club was the leading professional club in Leeds, England, before the First World W ...

(1879–1952), Scottish footballer *

Tracy Drain Tracy Drain is a flight systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is the deputy chief engineer for the JUNO mission, which arrived at Jupiter in June 2016. Education Tracy Drain was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She was alwa ...

, flight systems engineer at NASA *

William Thomas Drain William Drain (born 11th May 1905 Bradford) was a Scottish footballer who played in Scotland, England and Australia for Celtic F.C. Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradf ...

(1905–1984), Scottish Australian footballer {{Disambiguation, surname