verb
definition
To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
verb
definition
To discard or abandon.
example
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
definition
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.
definition
To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
example
The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
definition
To dig ditches.
example
Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
definition
To dig ditches around.
example
The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
definition
To throw into a ditch.
example
The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
noun
definition
A deliberate crash landing on the sea.
Examples of ditching in a Sentence
She shuddered, afraid to face him after ditching him as she had before.
She'd accused him of ditching his responsibilities and being a poor husband and father.
If your teen is ditching, there's a reason!
Are you ditching the gym in lieu of tossing horseshoes?
Tamer was serious, but Gabriel wasn't about to take him up on it when his own dealers were ditching him.
While you were masterminding this manipulative plot, did you lose sight of your promise to protect me - or was that something else you planned on ditching?
To increase the reservoir capacity of the polder, as well as to conduct the water to the windmills or engines, it is intersected by a network of ditches cut at right angles to each other, the amount of ditching required being usually one-twelfth of the area to be drained.
Timothy was grown in the northern, and alfalfa in the southern region as a forage crop. Even at this earliest period, irrigation, simple and individual, had begun in the southern section, the head waters of the few streams in this district being soon surrounded by farms. Co-operation and colonization followed, and more ditching was done, co-operative irrigation canals were constructed with some elaborate and large dams and head gates.
And that meant, for too many of us, ditching what we loved to do and doing the work of a machine.
Smoky eyes look best when paired with subtle lipstick and blush, so plan on ditching your dark lips when you go this route!
Ditching the traditional pairings of mascara and eyeliner will help lessen the effect, toning down the look for less formal occasions.
Word is that celebrities were ditching post award parties because people like Paris and other reality show "stars" were in attendance.
While he has admitted that quitting is hard, he remains committed to eventually ditching the habit.
Ditching a foaming cleanser takes some time and getting used to.
If you've always dreamed of ditching corporate life in favor of a more flexible work arrangement, pursue the opportunity of a home business.
Some claimed that ABC reconsidered ditching some its long-time veterans in favor of younger performers, while others speculated that Barr had a change of heart.
Kiera tossed the thoughts around in her head, guilty at the thought of ditching Evelyn yet offended that Evey thought to keep her here without telling her.
Our losses were 23 aircraft lost in aerial combat, eighty lost in ditching.