| ditch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. ditch | a long narrow excavation in the earth. |
| ~ drainage ditch | a ditch for carrying off excess water or sewage. |
| ~ excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating. |
| ~ irrigation ditch | a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially. |
| ~ sunk fence, ha-ha, haw-haw | a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape. |
| ~ trench | a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth. |
| ~ trench | any long ditch cut in the ground. |
| n. (object) | 2. ditch | any small natural waterway. |
| ~ waterway | a navigable body of water. |
| v. (possession) | 3. ditch | forsake.; "ditch a lover" |
| ~ desert, desolate, forsake, abandon | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.; "The mother deserted her children" |
| v. (possession) | 4. chuck, ditch | throw away.; "Chuck these old notes" |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| v. (possession) | 5. ditch, dump | 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" |
| ~ get rid of, remove | dispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
| v. (motion) | 6. ditch | make an emergency landing on water. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ crash land | make an emergency landing. |
| v. (contact) | 7. ditch | crash or crash-land.; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" |
| ~ crash | cause to crash.; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" |
| v. (contact) | 8. ditch, trench | cut a trench in, as for drainage.; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" |
| ~ hollow, excavate, dig | remove the inner part or the core of.; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" |
| dump | | |
| n. (process) | 1. dump, shit | a coarse term for defecation.; "he took a shit" |
| ~ defecation, laxation, shitting | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus. |
| n. (location) | 2. dump, dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped. |
| ~ eitchen midden, kitchen midden, midden | (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement. |
| ~ garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, trash pile | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter. |
| ~ toxic dumpsite, toxic waste dump, toxic waste site | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally). |
| ~ land site, site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).; "a good site for the school" |
| n. (communication) | 3. dump | (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ core dump | (computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU; usually used for debugging. |
| ~ written matter, copy | matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. dump | a place where supplies can be stored.; "an ammunition dump" |
| ~ storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store | a depository for goods.; "storehouses were built close to the docks" |
| v. (possession) | 5. dump | throw away as refuse.; "No dumping in these woods!" |
| ~ cast aside, cast away, chuck out, discard, throw away, toss away, toss out, cast out, dispose, put away, throw out, fling, toss | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| v. (possession) | 6. dump, underprice | sell at artificially low prices. |
| ~ sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| v. (motion) | 7. dump | drop (stuff) in a heap or mass.; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" |
| ~ drop | let fall to the ground.; "Don't drop the dishes" |
| v. (motion) | 8. dump, plunge | fall abruptly.; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" |
| ~ dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| ~ drop | to fall vertically.; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
| v. (contact) | 9. coldcock, deck, dump, floor, knock down | knock down with force.; "He decked his opponent" |
| ~ beat | hit repeatedly.; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" |
| jilt | | |
| n. (person) | 1. jilt | a woman who jilts a lover. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. jilt | cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly.; "jilt a lover or a bride" |
| ~ leave | go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" |
| apart | | |
| adj. | 1. apart, isolated, obscure | remote and separate physically or socially.; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village" |
| ~ unconnected | not joined or linked together. |
| adj. | 2. apart | having characteristics not shared by others.; "scientists felt they were a group apart" |
| ~ separate | independent; not united or joint.; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" |
| adv. | 3. apart | separated or at a distance in place or position or time.; "These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his legs apart"; "born two years apart" |
| adv. | 4. apart, aside | not taken into account or excluded from consideration.; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" |
| adv. | 5. apart | away from another or others.; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart" |
| adv. | 6. apart, aside | placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose.; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" |
| adv. | 7. apart | one from the other.; "people can't tell the twins apart" |
| adv. | 8. apart, asunder | into parts or pieces.; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder" |
| give up | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive | lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ lapse | let slip.; "He lapsed his membership" |
| v. (possession) | 2. abandon, give up | give up with the intent of never claiming again.; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" |
| ~ foreswear, relinquish, renounce, quit | turn away from; give up.; "I am foreswearing women forever" |
| v. (competition) | 3. chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel | give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" |
| v. (stative) | 4. cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| ~ knock off, drop | stop pursuing or acting.; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" |
| ~ leave off | stop using.; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" |
| ~ sign off | cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations. |
| ~ retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing.; "The government pulled the plug on spending" |
| ~ close off, shut off | stem the flow of.; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" |
| ~ cheese | used in the imperative (get away, or stop it).; "Cheese it!" |
| ~ call it a day, call it quits | stop doing what one is doing.; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| v. (possession) | 5. dispense with, give up, part with, spare | give up what is not strictly needed.; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| v. (possession) | 6. free, give up, release, relinquish, resign | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ derequisition | release from government control. |
| ~ sacrifice, give | endure the loss of.; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" |
| v. (social) | 7. give up, renounce, resign, vacate | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| ~ abdicate, renounce | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| v. (possession) | 8. cede, deliver, give up, surrender | relinquish possession or control over.; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ yield up | surrender, as a result of pressure or force. |
| ~ sell | give up for a price or reward.; "She sold her principles for a successful career" |
| ~ sign away, sign over | formally assign ownership of.; "She signed away her rights" |
| v. (competition) | 9. give up, surrender | give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another.; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" |
| ~ abnegate | surrender (power or a position).; "The King abnegated his power to the ministers" |
| ~ yield | cease opposition; stop fighting. |
| ~ concede | acknowledge defeat.; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose" |
| ~ capitulate | surrender under agreed conditions. |
| v. (cognition) | 10. abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ ease up, give way, move over, yield, give | move in order to make room for someone for something.; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| v. (social) | 11. allow, give up | allow the other (baseball) team to score.; "give up a run" |
| v. (consumption) | 12. give up, kick | stop consuming.; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" |
| ~ foreswear, forgo, waive, dispense with, forego, relinquish | do without or cease to hold or adhere to.; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" |
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