ditch vs possess

ditch

verb
  • To discard or abandon. 

  • To dig ditches around. 

  • To dig ditches. 

  • To throw into a ditch. 

  • To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey. 

  • To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. 

noun
  • A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. 

  • A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. 

possess

verb
  • To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land). 

  • To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own. 

  • To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with. 

  • Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence. 

  • Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.). 

  • To inhabit or occupy a place. 

  • Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind). 

  • To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person). 

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