[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration:to drain oil from a crankcase.", "to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid:to drain a crankcase.", "to exhaust the resources of:to drain the treasury.", "to deprive of strength; tire."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to flow off gradually.", "to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture:This land drains into the Mississippi."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.", "Surgery.a material or appliance for maintaining the opening of a wound to permit free exit of fluids.", "gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.", "something that causes a large or continuous outflow, expenditure, or depletion:Medical expenses were a major drain on his bank account.", "an act of draining.", "Physical Geography.an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench.a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of water.", "an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench.", "a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of water."]}]