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ditch
[ dich ]
noun
- a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- any open passage or trench, as a natural channel or waterway.
verb (used with object)
- to dig a ditch or ditches in or around.
- to derail (a train) or drive or force (an automobile, bus, etc.) into a ditch.
- to crash-land on water and abandon (an airplane).
- Slang.
- to get rid of:
I ditched that old hat of yours.
- to escape from:
He ditched the cops by driving down an alley.
- to absent oneself from (school or a class) without permission or an acceptable reason.
verb (used without object)
- to dig a ditch.
- (of an aircraft or its crew) to crash-land in water and abandon the sinking aircraft.
- Slang. to be truant; play hooky.
ditch
1/ »åɪ³Ùʃ /
noun
- a narrow channel dug in the earth, usually used for drainage, irrigation, or as a boundary marker
- any small, natural waterway
- a bank made of earth excavated from and placed alongside a drain or stream
- informal.either of the gutters at the side of a tenpin bowling lane
- last ditcha last resort or place of last defence
verb
- to make a ditch or ditches in (a piece of ground)
- intr to edge with a ditch
- informal.to crash or be crashed, esp deliberately, as to avoid more unpleasant circumstances
he had to ditch the car
- slang.tr to abandon or discard
to ditch a girlfriend
- informal.to land (an aircraft) on water in an emergency
- slang.tr to evade
to ditch the police
Ditch
2/ »åɪ³Ùʃ /
noun
- the Ditchan informal name for the Tasman Sea
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å¾±³Ù³¦³ó±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
- ˈ»å¾±³Ù³¦³ó±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å¾±³Ù³¦³ól±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ditch1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ditch1
Idioms and Phrases
see last-ditch effort .Example Sentences
Victoria takes over the world, Piper ditches Buddhism for Duke, and Chelsea leaves Rick for Saxon.
The third ditched butter entirely in favor of buttermilk, and suddenly, the texture was perfect: tender with the kind of bite that lingers for half a second before melting on your tongue.
Cena shocked fans when he returned to the ring earlier this year and ditched his good-guy image to turn heel - wrestling slang for "villain".
When it comes to transport bills, you can't avoid the vehicle tax rise unless you ditch the car altogether.
"I kind of ditched them. I started listening to what A&R or the record labels felt they had slots for. I was called a third-rate Pat Benatar. I was probably a fifth-rate Pat Benatar."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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