verb
definition
To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
verb
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To discard or abandon.
example
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
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To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
example
When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
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To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
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The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
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To dig ditches.
example
Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
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To dig ditches around.
example
The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
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To throw into a ditch.
example
The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
Examples of ditched in a Sentence
Being ditched isn't much fun, is it?
Damian Transported himself before he ditched his mission for some quality time with his mate.
He just ditched 'em.
He ran when Patsy ditched the Buick because she ran and he had no idea what was going on.
The return trip from Grand Junction had taken Dean twice the usual two hours, a slalom of ditched autos, snow plows, ice and stopped traffic.
Wait, so I just ditched my guide to follow you and you don't know where you're going?
To the west lie twin ditched enclosures holding a 12th century farmstead.
With a little encouragement from Duncan I ditched all attempts to survey and crawled forward for a quick look-see.
Here one has the appearance of tells, formalized ditched and palisaded enclosures and the beginnings of larger coastal middens.
As soon as he had lost the tail, he was sorry, sorry he'd played games and ditched it instead of trying to find out who was following him.
The backpack was ditched for a plastic one and a load of green stuff used to make the chain mail coif.
In the late Saxon period, occupation comprised a ditched enclosure around at least one timber building.
Plenty of subsequent films in the horror genre ditched the usual slashing strings and went for tinkling piano sounds instead.
When the light bulb was cheaper and better, we ditched kerosene.
After receiving pressure from alumni and the more conservative guests of the University of Idaho, the squad ditched their revealing uniforms and showed up at the next game wearing jerseys and shorts.
Do you want something or were you curious if I'd survived the bombing after you all ditched me?
Later 2.55 models ditched the incredible fabric look of days past in favor of quilted exotic leathers such as ostrich and lambskin.
It was ditched and the couple ducked into a mall.
Then you ditched your new honey and she's stupid enough to think that's a big loss and goes and hangs herself.
My parents ditched me.
Jonny sent another note, this one detailing the activities of Ashley's day down to the license plate number of the friend Ashley ditched school to meet.
Xander looked up, not fully trusting the woman who raised and then ditched him.