(idiomatic) wasted or irretrievable.

A board beside a kitchen sink, designed to drain into the sink, used for letting kitchen utensils dry after they had been washed.

A shallow trench, sometimes lined with tile or containing a perforated pipe, backfilled with gravel and then covered over, used to collect and channel runoff water.

plural of draining board

plural of French drain

plural of brain drain

present participle of circle the drain

(idiomatic) To be in rapid decline or a state of downfall, especially as leading to inevitable utter failure or destruction.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top-drain

(transitive) To drain the surface of (a field, farm, etc.).