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ditch
A	noun
	1	ditch
			a long narrow excavation in the earth
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚excavation; hole in the ground ╚ditch ╚trench ╚trench ╚sunk fence; ha-ha; haw-haw ╚irrigation ditch ╚drainage ditch
	2	ditch
			any small natural waterway
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚body of water; water ╚waterway ╚ditch
B	verb
	1	trench, ditch
			cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
		Category Tree: remove; take; take away; withdraw ╚excavate; dig; hollow ╚trench, ditch
	2	ditch
			crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
		Category Tree: collide ╚crash ╚ditch
	3	ditch
			make an emergency landing on water
		Category Tree: arrive; get; come ╚land; set down ╚crash land ╚ditch
	4	dump, ditch
			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"
		Category Tree: get rid of; remove ╚dump, ditch
	5	chuck, ditch
			throw away; "Chuck these old notes"
		Category Tree: get rid of; remove ╚discard; fling; toss; toss out; toss away; chuck out; cast aside; dispose; throw out; cast out; throw away; cast away; put away ╚abandon ╚chuck, ditch
	6	ditch
			forsake; "ditch a lover"
		Category Tree: leave ╚abandon; forsake; desolate; desert ╚ditch

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