English to English noun
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a long narrow excavation in the earth | | source: wordnet30
2 |
any small natural waterway | | source: wordnet30
3 |
A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse. | | source: webster1913 verb
4 |
forsake | | Example: ditch a lover
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5 |
throw away | | Example: Chuck these old notes
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6 |
sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly | | Example: The company dumped him after many years of service She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man
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7 |
make an emergency landing on water | | source: wordnet30
8 |
crash or crash-land | | Example: ditch a car ditch a plane
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9 |
cut a trench in, as for drainage | | Example: ditch the land to drain it trench the fields
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10 |
To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. | | source: webster1913
11 |
To dig a ditch or ditches. | | source: webster1913
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