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Defenition of the word ditch

    • Defenition of the word ditch

      • A long, narrow excavation artificially dug in the ground; especially an open and usually unpaved waterway, channel, or trench for conveying water for drainage or irrigation, and usually smaller than a canal. Some ditches may be natural watercourses.
      • throw away (slang); "Chuck these old notes"
      • a long narrow excavation in the earth
      • any small natural waterway
      • crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
      • make an emergency landing on water
      • forsake; "ditch a lover"
      • cut a drainage tench in; "ditch the land to drain it"
      • cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
      • 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"
      • throw away; "Chuck these old notes"
      • cut a trench in, as for drainage
      • crash or crash-land
      • sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
      • throw away
      • forsake

    Synonyms for the word ditch

      • canal
      • chuck
      • drain
      • fosse
      • gutter
      • trench

    Hyponyms for the word ditch

      • drainage ditch
      • ha-ha
      • haw-haw
      • irrigation ditch
      • sunk fence
      • trench

    Hypernyms for the word ditch

      • abandon
      • crash
      • crash land
      • desert
      • desolate
      • dig
      • excavate
      • excavation
      • forsake
      • get rid of
      • hole in the ground
      • hollow
      • lurch
      • remove
      • waterway

    Idioms for the word ditch

      • to die in the last ditch
      • to fight up to the last ditch

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