ditch

Universal Words noun, verb noun a long channel dug at the side of a field or road, to hold or take away water: The car left the road and ended up in a ditch. IDIOMS see LASTadj. verb 1 [VN] (informal) to get rid of sth/sb because you no longer want or need it/them: The new road building programme has been ditched. * He ditched his girlfriend. 2 [VN, V] if a pilot ditches an aircraft, or if it ditches, it lands in the sea in an emergency