ditch

Nouns

  • (n) a long narrow excavation in the earth
  • (n) any small natural waterway

Verbs

  • (v) forsake
    • ditch a lover
  • (v) throw away
    • Chuck these old notes
    chuck,
  • (v) 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
    dump,
  • (v) make an emergency landing on water
  • (v) crash or crash-land
    • ditch a car
    • ditch a plane
  • (v) cut a trench in, as for drainage
    • ditch the land to drain it
    • trench the fields
    trench,

Synonyms

chuck dump trench

Words of close approximity

dita
ditto ditty
ditch digger ditch fern ditchmoss ditch reed ditch spade