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Ditch : (noun)
1: a long narrow excavation in the earth
2: any small natural waterway
(verb)
1: forsake; "ditch a lover"
2: throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: chuck]
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]
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Stonecrop \Stone"crop`\, n. [AS. st[=a]ncropp.]
1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp.
Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and
is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine.
Virginian, or Ditch, stonecrop, an American plant
({Penthorum sedoides).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ditch : \Ditch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ditched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ditching.]
1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or
ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
2. To surround with a ditch. --Shak.
3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and
turned on its side.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ditch : \Ditch\, v. i.
To dig a ditch or ditches. --Swift.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ditch : \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Ditches. [OE. dich, orig. the
same word as dik. See Dike.]
1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a
trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing
inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or
fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat
or a fosse.
2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
the earth.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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