DITCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does ditch mean?
• DITCH (noun)
The noun DITCH has 2 senses:
1. a long narrow excavation in the earth
2. any small natural waterway
Familiarity information: DITCH used as a noun is rare.
• DITCH (verb)
The verb DITCH has 6 senses:
1. forsake
2. throw away
3. sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
4. make an emergency landing on water
5. crash or crash-land
6. cut a trench in, as for drainage
Familiarity information: DITCH used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• DITCH (noun)
Meaning:
A long narrow excavation in the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ditch" is a kind of...):
excavation (a hole in the ground made by excavating)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ditch"):
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)
Meaning:
Any small natural waterway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("ditch" is a kind of...):
waterway (a navigable body of water)
• DITCH (verb)
Meaning:
Forsake
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
ditch a lover
Hypernyms (to "ditch" is one way to...):
abandon; desert; desolate; forsake (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Throw away
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
chuck; ditch
Context example:
Chuck these old notes
Hypernyms (to "ditch" is one way to...):
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
dump; ditch
Context examples:
The company dumped him after many years of service / She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man
Hypernyms (to "ditch" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make an emergency landing on water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "ditch" is one way to...):
crash land (make an emergency landing)
Domain category:
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Crash or crash-land
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
ditch a car / ditch a plane
Hypernyms (to "ditch" is one way to...):
crash (cause to crash)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cut a trench in, as for drainage
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
trench; ditch
Context examples:
ditch the land to drain it / trench the fields
Hypernyms (to "ditch" is one way to...):
dig; excavate; hollow (remove the inner part or the core of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
