Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ditch
Participle: ditched
Gerund: ditching
Indicative
Present
| I | ditch |
| you | ditch |
| he;she;it | ditches |
| we | ditch |
| you | ditch |
| they | ditch |
Perfect
| I | have ditched |
| you | have ditched |
| he;she;it | has ditched |
| we | have ditched |
| you | have ditched |
| they | have ditched |
Past
| I | ditched |
| you | ditched |
| he;she;it | ditched |
| we | ditched |
| you | ditched |
| they | ditched |
Pluperfect
| I | had ditched |
| you | had ditched |
| he;she;it | had ditched |
| we | had ditched |
| you | had ditched |
| they | had ditched |
Future
| I | will ditch |
| you | will ditch |
| he;she;it | will ditch |
| we | will ditch |
| you | will ditch |
| they | will ditch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ditched |
| you | will have ditched |
| he;she;it | will have ditched |
| we | will have ditched |
| you | will have ditched |
| they | will have ditched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ditch |
| you | ditch |
| he;she;it | ditch |
| we | ditch |
| you | ditch |
| they | ditch |
Perfect
| I | have ditched |
| you | have ditched |
| he;she;it | have ditched |
| we | have ditched |
| you | have ditched |
| they | have ditched |
Imperfect
| I | ditched |
| you | ditched |
| he;she;it | ditched |
| we | ditched |
| you | ditched |
| they | ditched |
Pluperfect
| I | had ditched |
| you | had ditched |
| he;she;it | had ditched |
| we | had ditched |
| you | had ditched |
| they | had ditched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ditch |
| you | would ditch |
| he;she;it | would ditch |
| we | would ditch |
| you | would ditch |
| they | would ditch |
Perfect
| I | would have ditched |
| you | would have ditched |
| he;she;it | would have ditched |
| we | would have ditched |
| you | would have ditched |
| they | would have ditched |
Imperative
| you | ditch |
| we | Let's ditch |
| you | ditch |
Verbs conjugated like 'ditch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ditch'
bitch,
dich,
dutch,
hitch,
itch,
mitch,
pitch,
titch,
witch,
batch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- throw away
- discard, dump, junk, scrap, throw away, throw out, toss, trash, wreck
- to throw away as useless
- 86, bin, can, cast away, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, dump, get rid of, jettison, junk, scrap, shift, throw away, throw out, toss, trash
- abandon
- desert, discard, eliminate, forsake, leave
Antonyms
- abandon
- cherish, defend, advocate, favor
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *dīkaz
3. Proto-West Germanic *dīk
4. Old English dīċ
5. Middle English dich
6. English ditch
7. 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. See: Swedish '
dike', Latin '
fīgō'.
Verbs referencing "ditch"
Latin
figo.
Sample Sentences
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Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
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Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.
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I wanted to see Phil. I didn't. Mom didn't want to drive in this bad weather. I started to cry. Phil probably thinks I'm ditching him. I want to see him sooo bad. [1965 January 22, Lou Sullivan, Diary:]
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When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
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The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
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"No, instead, it just had enough power to transform me, overload, and force me to wait to change back! I had to ditch school!" [2005 December 2, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Dec 2, 2005:]
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Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
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The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
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The engine was ditched and turned on its side.