Drain

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
• 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
  • Storm drain, a system of collecting and disposing of rain water in an urban area
• Drain (transistor), a terminal in a field effect transistor

Art and entertainment

• Drain (band), an American noise rock band
• Drain (comics), a comic book series starring a vampire
• Drain STH, a disbanded female hard-rock band from Sweden
• Data Drain, a fictional element and technique in the .hack universe
• "Drain", by X Japan from Dahlia

Places

• Drain, Oregon, a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
• Drain, Maine-et-Loire, a commune in Maine-et-Loire département, 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
• Gershwin A. Drain (born 1949), American federal judge
• Thomas Drain (1880-?), Scottish footballer