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How to pronounce “drain”

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Pronunciation guide for drain

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of drain with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Fast Data Search Enginebattery drain, trip time.
Definition summary: (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

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Fast Data Search Engine

battery drain, trip time.

[Noun]
(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
(chiefly UK) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
(vulgar) An act of urination.
(electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
(pinball) An outhole.
(UK, slang, dated) A drink.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To lose liquid.
(intransitive) To flow gradually.
(transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
(transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
(transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
(transitive, obsolete) To filter.
(intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
(slang, archaic, transitive) To drink.
(transitive, basketball, slang) To make a shot.