Noun
- 1. ditch, excavation
- usage: a long narrow excavation in the earth
- 2. ditch, waterway
- usage: any small natural waterway
Verb
- 1. ditch, abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
- usage: forsake; "ditch a lover"
- 2. chuck, ditch, abandon
- usage: throw away; "Chuck these old notes"
- 3. dump, ditch, get rid of, remove
- usage: sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
- 4. ditch, crash land
- usage: make an emergency landing on water
- 5. ditch, crash
- usage: crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
- 6. trench, ditch, excavate, dig, hollow
- usage: cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
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