ditch
Nouns
- (n) a long narrow excavation in the earth
- (n) any small natural waterway
Verbs
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(v) forsake
- ditch a lover
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(v) throw away
- Chuck these old notes
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(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
- (v) make an emergency landing on water
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(v) crash or crash-land
- ditch a car
- ditch a plane
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(v) cut a trench in, as for drainage
- ditch the land to drain it
- trench the fields