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Meanings of ditch in English

Catalan
desembarassar-se
Spanish
destruir

Throw away.

        desembarassar-se
        Portuguese
        limpar
        Spanish
        abrir zanjas

        Cut a trench in, as for drainage.

              limpar

              To not go to class without permission.

                  Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly.

                        Usage of ditch in English
                        1
                        Some gamers might be quite happy to ditch the physical market forever.
                        The South African
                        2
                        The companies' decision to appeal directly to Trump was a last-ditch gamble.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        Schulz strode across the ditch by the road; Christophe leaped the fence.
                        Jean-Christophe, Volume I
                        4
                        On the other side of the ditch something moved in the grass.
                        Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River
                        5
                        But I think that we are asking questions here about last-ditch efforts.
                        BBC
                        6
                        He then dragged the body to the ditch and threw it in.
                        Original Short Stories — Volume 01
                        7
                        We're going to ask you to ditch it for the time being.
                        Wild Storm
                        8
                        But the water in the center ditch grew swifter by the second.
                        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
                        9
                        Guess that's as good a place as any to ditch his car.
                        The next to die
                        10
                        He manages a separate project also looking at ways to ditch flaps.
                        Wired
                        11
                        Into a stinking ditch; into water that was thick, cold, and slimy.
                        The lake
                        12
                        I just don't want to ditch my team right now, is all.
                        Nemesis
                        13
                        It takes him several tries to properly ditch and don his equipment.
                        The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
                        14
                        The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Cosby's last-ditch appeal.
                        Reuters
                        15
                        Hopes his successor, Mr Turnbull, would ditch that decision were soon dashed.
                        News.com.au
                        16
                        It is the blind who fall into the ditch-thereckless who stumble.
                        The Good Time Coming
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                        Translations for ditch
                        Portuguese
                        limpar
                        Ditch through the time
                        Ditch across language varieties
                        New Zealand
                        Common
                        Australia
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common
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