ditch

Noun

• any small natural waterway

• a long narrow excavation in the earth

Verb

• cut a trench in, as for drainage
  • ditch the land to drain it
    
  • trench the fields
    

• crash or crash-land
  • ditch a car
    
  • ditch a plane
    

• make an emergency landing on water

• sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
  • The company dumped him after many years of service
    
  • She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man
    

• throw away
  • Chuck these old notes
    

• forsake
  • ditch a lover
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  trench , dump , chuck