ditching

Verb

ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)

1. (transitive) To discard or abandon; to stop associating with (someone).
   • Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.

   Synonyms:

   abandon, desert, discard, dump, jettison, leave, lose, forsake, quit, shed

   Antonyms:

   stand by, stick by

   1. (ambitransitive, transitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
      • When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
2. (ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
   • The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
3. (intransitive) To dig ditches.
   • Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
   1. (intransitive, transitive) To dig ditches around.
      • The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
4. (transitive) To throw into a ditch.
   • The engine was ditched and turned on its side.

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