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drain
Noun
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A drain is a hole, sometimes in the bottom of a basin, to let water flow out, and a pipe attached to the hole.
After you wash, you should drain the water from the bath.
drain
Verb
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Someone drains something when they take the water or other liquid out of it.
She drained her cup in one gulp.
The workers drained the wet land to make it a dry place to build houses.
ditch
Noun
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A trench; a long, shallow hole that is used for irrigation or drainage.
Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most arduous forms of manual labor.
ditch
Verb
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To leave without telling anyone.
We are going to ditch the party because it is so lame.
I ditched school last week to go to the mall.
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To throw away, discard or abandon.
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
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We were up to our knees in water trying to get a drain ditch through to the main channel.