# Drain

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**Drain** may refer to:

## Objects and processes

- [Drain (plumbing)](/source/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 - [Floor drain](/source/Floor_drain)
- [Drain (surgery)](/source/Drain_(surgery)), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound
- [Drainage](/source/Drainage), the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area - [French drain](/source/French_drain), a system that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area - [Slot drain](/source/Slot_drain) - [Storm drain](/source/Storm_drain), a system of collecting and disposing of rain water in an urban area
- [Drain (transistor)](/source/Drain_(transistor)), a terminal in a field effect transistor

## Entertainment

### Music

- [Drain (noise rock band)](/source/Drain_(noise_rock_band)), an American noise rock band
- [Drain (punk band)](/source/Drain_(punk_band)), an American hardcore punk band
- [Drain STH](/source/Drain_STH), a Swedish hard rock band
- [Drain Gang](/source/Drain_Gang), Swedish hip hop collective
- "Drain", song by X Japan on the album *[Dahlia](/source/Dahlia_(album))*
- "The Drain", song by Bad Omens, Health, and Swarm on the albums *[Concrete Jungle \[The OST](/source/Concrete_Jungle_(The_OST))]* and *[Rat Wars](/source/Rat_Wars) Ultra Edition*

### Other

- [*Drain* (comics)](/source/Drain_(comics)), a comic book series starring a vampire

## Places

- [Drain, Oregon](/source/Drain,_Oregon), a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
- [Drain, Maine-et-Loire](/source/Drain,_Maine-et-Loire), a commune in France
- [Waterloo & City line](/source/Waterloo_%26_City_line), in the London Underground, nicknamed "The Drain"

## People with the surname

- [Charles Drain (disambiguation)](/source/Charles_Drain_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Dorothy Drain](/source/Dorothy_Drain) (1909–1996), Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet
- [Émile Drain](/source/%C3%89mile_Drain) (1890–1966), French actor and comedian
- [Geoffrey Drain](/source/Geoffrey_Drain) (1918–1993), British trade union leader
- [Gershwin A. Drain](/source/Gershwin_A._Drain) (born 1949), American federal judge
- [Jim Drain](/source/Jim_Drain) (born 1975), American artist
- [Job Henry Charles Drain](/source/Job_Henry_Charles_Drain) (1895–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- [Lauren Drain](/source/Lauren_Drain) (born 1985), American author
- [Robert D. Drain](/source/Robert_D._Drain) (born c. 1957), American judge
- [Sammy Drain](/source/Sammy_Drain) (1945–2016), guitarist
- [Thomas Drain](/source/Thomas_Drain) (1879–1952), Scottish footballer
- [Tracy Drain](/source/Tracy_Drain), flight systems engineer at NASA
- [William Thomas Drain](/source/William_Thomas_Drain) (1905–1984), Scottish Australian footballer

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