verb · transitive · common

ditch

ditch · ditches · ditched · ditching

залишити, залишати, покинути

бросить, бросать, окапывать

verlassen, wegwerfen, entledigen, schwänzen

To discard or abandonTo discard or abandon; to stop associating with (someone).

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/dɪt͡ʃ/

» I ditched Tom.

Я покинув Тома.

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To discard or abandon; to stop associating with (someone).
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.
entledigen, verlassen, wegwerfen
броса́тьbrosátʹ, бро́ситьbrósitʹ
To discard or abandon; to stop associating with (someone).
(ambitransitive, transitive)To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
notwassern
crash or crash-land
(ambitransitive)To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
schwänzen
(intransitive)To dig ditches.
Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
окапыватьokapyvatʹ
To dig ditches.
(intransitive, transitive)To dig ditches around.
The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
(transitive)To throw into a ditch.
The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
throw away

Examples

141 sentences

I ditched Tom.
Я покинув Тома. — deniko
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He leaped over the shallow ditch.
ruОн перепрыгнул через неглубокую канаву. — Selena777
deEr sprang über den flachen Graben. — xtofu80
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Tom ditched Mary in the park.
ruТом бросил Мэри в парке. — sharptoothed
deTom gab Mary im Park den Laufpass. — Esperantostern
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Tom jumped over the big ditch.
deTom sprang über den großen Graben. — Melang
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Tom jumped over the huge ditch.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to abandon:

to dig ditches:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to abandon:

to crash-land on the sea:

to play hookey:

Origin

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.

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