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
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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 ...
, 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
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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), a terminal in a field effect transistor
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
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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''
Places
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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
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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, in the London Underground, nicknamed "The Drain"
People with the surname
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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)
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* Dorothy Drain (1909–1996), Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet
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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
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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 ...
