ditch
ditch
dÉĒʧ
dich
/dˈÉĒt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ditch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to dispose of something
Transitive: to ditch sth
to ditch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Instead of repairing the broken appliance, they ditched it and got a new one.
āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻž āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to abruptly end a relationship with someone without warning or explanation
Transitive: to ditch sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was shocked when he suddenly ditched her without any explanation.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāϤāĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āϕ⧋āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to deliberately absent oneself from a class or school activity without permission
Transitive: to ditch a class or school activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite knowing the consequences, she chose to ditch class to attend a concert downtown.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϜāϞ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāϞ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to make an emergency landing on water
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The small plane was forced to ditch in the lake after running out of fuel.
āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāύāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to dig or create a tranch in the ground
Transitive: to ditch the land
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers will ditch the field to control the flow of water.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāύāĻž āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϜāϰ⧁āϰ⧀ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϜāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϜāϞ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to land an aircraft on water in emergency
Transitive: to ditch an aircraft
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The aircraft was low on fuel, and the crew decided to ditch it in the nearest lake.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇ āϜāϞ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ, āύāĻžāϞāĻž

a long, narrow hole next to a road to keep it from getting too wet
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They dug a new ditch to improve drainage on the roa
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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