[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.", "any open passage or trench, as a natural channel or waterway."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to dig a ditch or ditches in or around.", "to derail (a train) or drive or force (an automobile, bus, etc.) into a ditch.", "to crash-land on water and abandon (an airplane).", "Slang.to get rid of:I ditched that old hat of yours.to escape from:He ditched the cops by driving down an alley.to absent oneself from (school or a class) without permission or an acceptable reason.", "to get rid of:I ditched that old hat of yours.", "to escape from:He ditched the cops by driving down an alley.", "to absent oneself from (school or a class) without permission or an acceptable reason."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to dig a ditch.", "(of an aircraft or its crew) to crash-land in water and abandon the sinking aircraft.", "Slang.to be truant; play hooky."]}]