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Noun ditch has 2 senses
  1. ditch - a long narrow excavation in the earth
    --1 is a kind of     excavation, hole in the ground
    --1 has particulars:
     drainage ditch; irrigation ditch; sunk fence, ha-ha, haw-haw; trench; trench
    Derived form: verb ditch6
  2. ditch - any small natural waterway
    --2 is a kind of     waterway
    Derived form: verb ditch6
,Verb ditch has 6 senses
  1. ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover"
    --1 is one way to     abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. chuck, ditch - throw away; "Chuck these old notes"
    --2 is one way to abandon
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. 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"
    --3 is one way to get rid of, remove
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. ditch - make an emergency landing on water
    --4 is one way to     crash land
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. ditch - crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
    --5 is one way to     crash
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. trench, ditch - cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
    --6 is one way to excavate, dig, hollow
    Derived forms: noun ditch2, noun ditch1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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