drain vs keep

drain

verb
  • To flow gradually. 

  • To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust. 

  • To deplete of energy or resources. 

  • To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one. 

  • To fall off the bottom of the playfield. 

  • To cause liquid to flow out of. 

  • To lose liquid. 

noun
  • Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return. 

  • One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET). 

  • 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. 

  • An outhole. 

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

  • An act of urination. 

keep

verb
  • To continue. 

  • To supply with necessities and financially support (a person). 

  • To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret). 

  • To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain. 

  • To remain edible or otherwise usable. 

  • To remain in a state. 

  • To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate. 

  • To raise; to care for. 

  • To have habitually in stock for sale. 

  • To act as wicket-keeper. 

  • To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book. 

  • To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state. 

  • To restrain. 

  • To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage. 

  • To watch over, look after, guard, protect. 

  • To maintain possession of. 

  • To record transactions, accounts, or events in. 

  • To remain faithful to a given promise or word. 

noun
  • The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case. 

  • A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place. 

  • The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance. 

  • The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. 

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