Clues for the word "DRAIN"
We've had 119 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 229 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on April 11, 2025.
Definition of drain
- v. t. - To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
- v. t. - To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
- v. t. - To filter.
- v. i. - To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
- v. i. - To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
- n. - The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
- n. - That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
- n. - The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
Referring Clues
- Bathtub part
- Sink hole
- Pull the cork on
- Sink feature
- Exhaust
- Center of a sink
- Bathtub feature
- Eddy creator
- Middle of a sink
- Place for a swirl
- Sink outlet
- Spot for a stopper
- Enervate
- See 17-Across
- Run off
- Sink attachment
- Deprive of strength
- Place for clogs
- Spot for a snake
- Plumbing outlet
- Place to see a snake
- Sap
- Sink conduit
- Put a strain on
- Water outlet
- Flow out
- Part of a sink
- Draw off
- Clog site
- Clog location
- Empty of liquid
- Place for a snake
- Deplete
- Wear down
- Exhaust, as strength
- Eddy site
- Pool feature
- Sink's outlet
- Deprive of vitality
- Exhaust(5)
- Shower feature
- Use completely
- Wipe out
- Plumber's concern
- Take the color out of
- Pool outlet
- One may be snaked
- Fatigue
- Sink-to-sewer connection
- Pull the plug on
- Bathtub outlet
- Backup site
- Draw water from
- Sap of energy
- Let the water out of
- Free of fluid
- Let out gradually
- Things go down it
- Empty completely
- Place where hair may accumulate
- It can be clogged
- Empty, as a sink
- Flow off gradually
- Sink necessity
- It's in the sink
- Suck the energy from
- Sap in sewer
- Suck, as energy
- Draw off liquid from
- All-female "Horror Wrestling" band ___ Sth
- First part of 37-Across
- Sewer
- Bleed
- Remove liquid from
- Run off to the doctor with much pain
- Exhaust pipe
- See 11
- Trap setting
- Sink outlet pipe
- There's many a drop down here
- Deplete noise, including raffia curtains
- Germany drops tax
- Make weak
- Sewer, initially dry, before the wet weather
- Empty clamour surrounding artist
- Storm water pipe
- Snaked place
- Enfeeble
- It carries water in many thousands of drops
- Deplete, as savings
- Water hole
- Hundreds of drops of water will seep away
- Deprive of strength or vitality
- Spaniards concealing revolting sewer
- Sink part
- Eddy locale
- It empties a tub
- Sink hole?
- Initially dirty water channel?
- Empty fully
- Deplete of energy
- Outlet from a sink
- Depletion
- Run off and get change for a dinar
- Water escape route
- Household locale where the Coriolis effect is supposedly observed
- Hole in a sink
- Hole in a tub
- Tub outlet
- Bad place to pour grease
- Empty
- Exhaust physically
- It might get clogged by hair
- Sap energy from
- Empty out
- Down the ___ (wasted)
- Emotionally tax
- Street feature needed after a har_ _ _ _ _
- Bath depleter
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - April 11, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 23, 2025
- LA Times - December 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 25, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 20, 2024
- Your Life Choices - September 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 10, 2024
- New York Times - August 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 09, 2024
- New York Times - July 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 22, 2024
- USA Today - May 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 06, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 23, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 27, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2023
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