Dump
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore. To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it. (informal) To end a relationship with. To knock heavily; to stump. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. To precipitate (esp. snow) heavily.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess. An act of dumping, or its result. A storage place for supplies, especially military. An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, or unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place. An act of defecation. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor (usually plural). Absence of mind; revery. A pile of ore or rock. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune. An old kind of dance. A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin.
Example sentence: We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
Ditch
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To discard or abandon.To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.To dig ditches.To dig ditches around.
Example sentence: Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide into a ditch, but it's hard to be happy about a bookseller's demise.