drein

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A form of drain — A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

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Meanings

noundrein (plural dreins)

plural dreins

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of drain.
verbdrein (third-person singular simple present dreins, present participle dreining, simple past and past participle dreined)

present singular third person dreins · participle present dreining · participle past dreined · past dreined

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of drain.

    At leaſt, I'm ſure I can fiſh it out of her. She's the very Sluce to her Lady's Secrets;—'Tis but ſetting her Mill agoing, and I can drein her of 'em all.

    1693, Will[iam] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 45

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dinerIndreRidenrinedIdrenNider
Cite this entry
APA

drein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drein

MLA

“drein.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drein. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drein,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drein.

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