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Noun
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(n)
ditch
(a long narrow excavation in the earth)
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(n)
ditch
(any small natural waterway)
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Verb
S:
(v)
ditch
(forsake)
"ditch a lover"
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(v)
chuck
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ditch
(throw away)
"Chuck these old notes"
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S:
(v)
dump
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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"
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Somebody ----s somebody
S:
(v)
ditch
(make an emergency landing on water)
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(v)
ditch
(crash or crash-land)
"ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
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trench
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ditch
(cut a trench in, as for drainage)
"ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"