What part of speech is ditching?

Ditching can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. ditching is a verb, gerund of ditch (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does ditching mean?

Definitions

Verb

ditch - make an emergency landing on water
ditch - crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover"
ditch - cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
ditch - throw away; "Chuck these old notes"
ditch - 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"

Examples of ditching

#   Sentence  
1. verb The world is horrible. I'm ditching it and moving to another planet. I'll found a colony where everything will be just perfect, a real utopia. I'll tell everybody what to do (for their own good and the good of the colony, of course) and they'll do it. Or else. But all for the prosperity and well-being of the colonists. You understand.
2. verb He started ditching school a lot.
3. verb Ditch a car.
4. verb Ditch a plane.
5. verb Ditch a lover.
6. verb Ditch the land to drain it.
Sentence  
verb
The world is horrible. I'm ditching it and moving to another planet. I'll found a colony where everything will be just perfect, a real utopia. I'll tell everybody what to do (for their own good and the good of the colony, of course) and they'll do it. Or else. But all for the prosperity and well-being of the colonists. You understand.
He started ditching school a lot.
Ditch a car.
Ditch a plane.
Ditch a lover.
Ditch the land to drain it.

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