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Meaning of ditch

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ditch
      n 1: a long narrow excavation in the earth
      2: any small natural waterway
      v 1: forsake; "ditch a lover"
      2: throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: {chuck}, {ditch}]
      3: 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" [syn: {dump}, {ditch}]
      4: make an emergency landing on water
      5: crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
      6: cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain
         it"; "trench the fields" [syn: {trench}, {ditch}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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