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

Entertainment

Music

  • Drain (noise rock band), an American noise rock band
  • Drain (punk band), an American hardcore punk band
  • Drain STH, a Swedish hard rock band
  • Drain Gang, Swedish hip hop collective
  • "Drain", song by X Japan on the album Dahlia
  • "The Drain", song by Bad Omens, Health, and Swarm on the albums Concrete Jungle [The OST] and Rat Wars Ultra Edition

Other

  • Drain (comics), a comic book series starring a vampire

Places

  • Drain, Oregon, a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
  • Drain, Maine-et-Loire, a commune in 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
  • Émile Drain (1890–1966), French actor and comedian
  • Geoffrey Drain (1918–1993), British trade union leader
  • Gershwin A. Drain (born 1949), American federal judge
  • Jim Drain (born 1975), American artist
  • Job Henry Charles Drain (1895–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Lauren Drain (born 1985), American author
  • Robert D. Drain (born ), American judge
  • Sammy Drain (1945–2016), guitarist
  • Thomas Drain (1879–1952), Scottish footballer
  • Tracy Drain, flight systems engineer at NASA
  • William Thomas Drain (1905–1984), Scottish Australian footballer