drain vs run through

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. 

run through

verb
  • To go through hastily. 

  • To repeat something. 

  • To summarise briefly. 

  • To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money. 

  • Of a waterway, to flow through an area. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, through. 

  • To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword. 

  • To fuck. 

  • To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry 

  • To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system. 

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