Noun

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

Verb

• S: (v) ditch (forsake) "ditch a lover"
• S: (v) chuck, ditch (throw away) "Chuck these old notes"
• domain usage
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• S: (v) dump, ditch (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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) get rid of, remove (dispose of) "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
• S: (v) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away (throw or cast away) "Put away your worries"
• S: (v) slough off (discard as undesirable) "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers"
• S: (v) weed out, comb out (remove unwanted elements) "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) work off (cause to go away through effort or work) "work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays"; "we must work off the debt"
• S: (v) cull (remove something that has been rejected) "cull the sick members of the herd"
• S: (v) dump, ditch (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"
• S: (v) unmuzzle (remove the muzzle from (a dog))
• S: (v) deaerate, de-aerate (remove air or gas from)
• S: (v) decaffeinate (remove caffeine from (coffee))
• S: (v) decarbonate (remove carbon dioxide from)
• S: (v) decerebrate (remove the cerebrum from (a human body))
• S: (v) dechlorinate (remove chlorine from (water))
• S: (v) defat (remove the fat from)
• S: (v) defibrinate (remove fibrin from (blood))
• S: (v) degrease (remove grease or oil from (a pan))
• S: (v) deionize (remove ions from)
• S: (v) delist (remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange)
• S: (v) delocalize (remove from the proper or usual locality)
• S: (v) deoxygenate (remove oxygen from (water))
• S: (v) destain (remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast)
• S: (v) desulfurize, desulphurize (remove sulfur from)
• S: (v) detick (free (a pet) of ticks)
• S: (v) devein (remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp))
• S: (v) fettle (remove mold marks or sand from (a casting))
• S: (v) flesh (remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture)
• S: (v) flense (strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal))
• S: (v) kern (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))
• S: (v) pith (remove the pith from (a plant))
• S: (v) scum (remove the scum from)
• S: (v) unbridle (remove the bridle from (a horse or mule))
• sentence frame
• S: (v) ditch (make an emergency landing on water)
• S: (v) ditch (crash or crash-land) "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
• S: (v) trench, ditch (cut a trench in, as for drainage) "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"