drain – English noun declension

English noun forms of drain

Noun: drain
Singulardrain
Pluraldrains

Sample Sentences

  • The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
  • bathtub drain; floor drain; shower drain; sink drain
  • drain hole
  • An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes. [2013 March 26, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:]
  • Saganing Drain, Vermuyden's Drain, the South Drain river, Najafgarh drain
  • […] the little runs and drains, that come through the hills, and to the sources of the creeks and their branches. [1770 (printed in 1834), George Washington, The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters ..., page 531]
  • The main drain of the country is the Walé nullah, which afterwards joins the Southern Ngombé and forms part of the system of the Malagarazi. [1877, Verney Lovett Cameron, Across Africa, page 299:]
  • That rental property is a drain on our finances.
  • When the play was over, we came out together, and I said, "We've been very companionable and agreeable, and perhaps you wouldn't object to a drain?" [1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC:]
  • What did she want with money, except now and then for a drain of white satin. [1966, Henry Mayhew, Peter Quennell, London's Underworld, page 48:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *draugiz
5. Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną
6. Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn
7. Old English drēahnian
8. Middle English *dreinen
9. English drain
10. Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-, from *dʰer-. Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry. See: Old English Nouns 'drūgian', Old English Nouns 'drȳġe'.

Verbs referencing "drain"

French Nouns drain, Finnish Nouns dreeni, Russian Nouns дрена, Irish Nouns draein.