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English to English noun
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a long narrow excavation in the earth |  | source: wordnet30
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any small natural waterway | | source: wordnet30
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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
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forsake | | Example: ditch a lover
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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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make an emergency landing on water | | source: wordnet30
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crash or crash-land | | Example: ditch a car
ditch a plane
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cut a trench in, as for drainage | | Example: ditch the land to drain it
trench the fields
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To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. | | source: webster1913
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To dig a ditch or ditches. | | source: webster1913
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