ditched
Meaning of ditched
verb, past tense
- provide with a ditch or ditches.
he was praised for ditching the coastal areas
- get rid of or give up.
plans for the road were ditched following a public inquiry
- bring (an aircraft) down on water in an emergency.
he was picked up by a gunboat after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean
Old English dīc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dijk ‘ditch, dyke’ and German Teich ‘pond, pool’, also to dyke1.
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Hyphenation of ditched
ditched
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- ditched is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
ditched synonyms
Meaning dig a trench or trenches in (the ground):
Meaning make (a hole or channel) by digging:
Meaning cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry:
Meaning get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable:
Meaning park (a vehicle) in a depot:
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently:
Meaning discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal:
Meaning throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship:
Meaning deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way:
Meaning discard or abandon unceremoniously:
Meaning cancel or abandon (something):
Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:
Meaning damage or destroy:
ditched antonyms
Meaning have or retain possession of:
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Words that rhyme with ditched
accroached, ached, appeached, approached, areached, attached, bached, beached, bellyached, bleached, breached, broached, cached, coached, detached, empeached, empleached, encroached, forereached, headreached, impeached, impleached, incoached, leached, mustached, nonattached, outcoached, outpreached, outreached, overattached, overbleached, overcoached, overreached, panached, peached, photobleached, pleached, poached, preached, reached, reattached, reproached, roached, semiattached, semibleached, semidetached, stomached, teached, unapproached, unattached
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