ditch

Noun
  1. A long narrow excavation in the earth (synset 103218956)
    hypernym: excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating
    hyponym:
    • drainage ditch - a ditch for carrying off excess water or sewage
    • irrigation ditch - a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially
    • ha-ha, haw-haw, sunk fence - a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
    • trench - a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
    • trench - any long ditch cut in the ground
  2. Any small natural waterway (synset 109290664)
    hypernym: waterway - a navigable body of water
Verb
  1. Forsake (synset 202233050)
    "ditch a lover"
    hypernym: abandon, desert, desolate, forsake - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  2. Throw away (synset 202232144)
    "Chuck these old notes"
    domain usage: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    hypernym: abandon - forsake, leave behind
    synonym: chuck
  3. Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly (synset 202229727)
    "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
    hypernym: get rid of, remove - dispose of
    synonym: dump
  4. Make an emergency landing on water (synset 201984934)
    domain category: air, air travel, aviation - travel via aircraft
    hypernym: crash land - make an emergency landing
  5. Crash or crash-land (synset 201565672)
    "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
    hypernym: crash - cause to crash
  6. Cut a trench in, as for drainage (synset 201314556)
    "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
    hypernym: dig, excavate, hollow - remove the inner part or the core of
    synonym: trench

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