(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a long narrow channel cut into the ground at the side of a road or field.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ something that you have or are responsible for, you abandon it or get rid of it, because you no longer want it. (INFORMAL)
I decided to ~ the sofa bed.
= dump
VERB: V n
3.
If someone ~es someone, they end a relationship with that person. (INFORMAL)
I can’t bring myself to ~ him and start again.
= dump
VERB: V n
4.
If a pilot ~es an aircraft or if it ~es, the pilot makes an emergency landing.
One American pilot was forced to ~ his jet in the Gulf...
A survivor was knocked unconscious when the helicopter ~ed.
VERB: V n, V
5.
see also last-~