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cable
Noun
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A cable is a strong wire or rope that is often made out of metal.
A strong cable held the two trees together.
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A cable can also be a cord that allows information to pass through.
My internet wasn't working because a cable was unplugged.
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Sometimes cable is short for cable television.
Do you have cable or satellite television?
cable
Verb
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To cable something, you use strong wires to attach two things together.
Cable the boats together so that they don't float away.
ditch
Noun
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A trench; a long, shallow hole that is used for irrigation or drainage.
Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most arduous forms of manual labor.
ditch
Verb
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To leave without telling anyone.
We are going to ditch the party because it is so lame.
I ditched school last week to go to the mall.
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To throw away, discard or abandon.
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.