Drain may refer to:

Objects and processes

Drain (plumbing) A drain is the primary vessel or conduit for unwanted water or waste liquids to be flumed 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. ...

, 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 *

Drain (surgery) A surgical drain is a tube used to remove pus, blood or other fluids from a wound, body cavity, or organ. They are commonly placed by surgeons or interventional radiologists after procedures or some types of injuries, but they can also be used ...

, a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound *

Drainage Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess of water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils is good enough to prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditio ...

, 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 **

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 control ...

, a terminal in a field effect transistor

Art and entertainment

Drain (band) Drain were an American noise rock band formed in Austin, Texas by King Coffey in 1991. The group also included David McCreath on guitar and bassist Owen McMahon of Cherubs. Along with the psychedelic leanings of Coffey's other band the Butthole S ...

, an American noise rock band * ''Drain'' (comics), a comic book series starring a vampire *

Drain STH Drain STH (STH for Stockholm) was a rock 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 acts start ...

, a disbanded female hard-rock band from Sweden *

Data Drain ''.hack'' (pronounced "Dot Hack") is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses two projects: Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate. They were primarily created and developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. T ...

, a fictional element and technique in the ''.hack'' universe * "Drain", by X Japan from ''

Dahlia Dahlia (, ) is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. A member of the Asteraceae (former name: Compositae) family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, ...

Places

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.Co ...

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

Drain, Maine-et-Loire Drain () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Orée-d'Anjou.Waterloo & City line The Waterloo & City line, colloquially known as The Drain, is a London Underground shuttle line that runs between Waterloo and Bank with no intermediate stops. Its primary traffic consists of commuters from south-west London, Surrey and Hampsh ...

, in the London Underground, nicknamed "The Drain"

People with the surname

Charles Drain (disambiguation) Charles Drain may refer to: * Charles Drain (pioneer) (1816–1894), American pioneer and founder of the town of Drain, Oregon * Charles Drain (politician) (1913-1991), American-born Canadian politician See also * Drain (surname) {{hndis, name= ...

, several people *

Dorothy Drain Dorothy Drain (16 August 1909 – 31 May 1996) was an Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet. She worked as a journalist with ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' for 38 years, with the final five years being as its e ...

(1909–1996), Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet *

Gershwin A. Drain Gershwin Allen Drain (born January 24, 1949) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Drain received his Bachelor of Science in 1970 from Western Michigan University, wh ...

(born 1949), American federal judge * Thomas Drain (1880-?), Scottish footballer {{Disambiguation, surname