The meaning of Abandon

noun

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.

Usage examples:

I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood

verb

End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.

Usage examples:

The company is axing 125 jobs

phrasal verb

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

To get rid of someone or something

Usage examples:

You must cast aside all thoughts of revenge., barriers to women in sport are being cast away.

verb

Come or bring to an end.

Usage examples:

The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed

verb

To stop an action or condition

Usage examples:

[ t ] clapp had to cease publication because of lack of money., [ + to infinitive ] it was hard to …

verb

Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.

Usage examples:

We feel our public representatives have deserted us

noun

A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.

Usage examples:

The desert of the sinai peninsula is a harsh place

adjective

Like a desert.

Usage examples:

Overgrazing has created desert conditions

verb

Deny any responsibility or support for.

Usage examples:

The union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence

verb

To say that you know nothing about or have no responsibility for something

Usage examples:

He disavowed his earlier confession to the police.

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

verb

Refuse to acknowledge; deny.

Usage examples:

The school disclaimed any responsibility for his death

verb

To say you are not responsible for or do not know anything about something

Usage examples:

The officers disclaimed any knowledge of the incident.

verb

To state that you are not legally responsible for something

Usage examples:

Disclaim responsibility/liability for sth a restaurant may disclaim responsibility for loss or dama…

verb

Refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.

Usage examples:

Lovell's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage

noun

A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water.

Usage examples:

Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch

verb

Provide with a ditch or ditches.

Usage examples:

He was praised for ditching the coastal areas

verb

A long narrow excavation in the earth

phrasal verb

Terminate, end, or take out

phrasal verb

To get rid of or destroy something

Usage examples:

The governor is proposing to do away with the state transportation department.

noun

A site for depositing rubbish.

Usage examples:

Putting a halting site beside a dump was unfair in the first place.

verb

Deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way.

Usage examples:

Trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here

verb

To put down or drop something heavy without caring where it goes, or to get rid of something or someone no longer wanted

Usage examples:

The ship was accused of dumping garbage overboard., she missed too many rehearsals and was dumped f…

verb

Go without (something desirable).

Usage examples:

She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could

verb

To give up or do without

Usage examples:

She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.

verb

Agree to give up or do without.

Usage examples:

The country has not forsworn nuclear weapons

verb

To make a serious decision to stop doing something

Usage examples:

To forswear all violence

phrasal verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb

To stop doing or to stop having something

Usage examples:

He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb

To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult

Usage examples:

She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

verb

To supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food, or information

Usage examples:

Some mutual funds are currently yielding 15% on new money invested., a letter found by the fbi last…

noun

The total amount of profit or income produced from a business or investment

Usage examples:

The bond's yield fell to 6.09%., high/low yield these securities are speculative and may involve gr…

verb

Possess, own, or hold.

Usage examples:

He had a new car and a boat

noun

People with plenty of money and possessions.

Usage examples:

An increasing gap between the haves and have-nots

Possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

noun

The quality of being excessive and lacking in restraint; overindulgence.

Usage examples:

He paid a high price for his immoderation

noun

The quality or fact of doing things suddenly, without considering the results of your actions

Usage examples:

She has a youthful impetuousness., it was a moment of reckless impetuousness.

noun

Behaviour in which you do things suddenly without any planning and without considering the effects they may have

Usage examples:

He had rushed into the relationship too quickly, and regretted his impulsiveness., she had to learn…

verb

Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

Usage examples:

Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea

noun

The action of jettisoning something.

Usage examples:

The jettison lever

verb

To throw away or get rid of something that is not wanted or needed

Usage examples:

Some of her material will probably be jettisoned for the tv show., the bombs were jettisoned over t…

verb

Suddenly reject or abandon (a lover).

Usage examples:

He was jilted at the altar by his bride-to-be

noun

A person, especially a woman, who capriciously rejects a lover.

Usage examples:

They'll teach you the guilt of coquetting and ogling, and playing the jilt

noun

Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.

Usage examples:

The cellars are full of junk

verb

Discard or abandon unceremoniously.

Usage examples:

Sort out what could be sold off and junk the rest

noun

A flat-bottomed sailing vessel of a kind typical of china and the east indies, with a prominent stem and lugsails.

Usage examples:

There is some evidence for development of robust, high-seas sailing junks in china by thirteenth ce…

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun

Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

Joe was home on leave

noun

Lack of regard for the danger or consequences of one's actions; rashness.

Usage examples:

To fire a loaded shotgun was an act of utmost recklessness

noun

Dangerous behaviour that shows that you are not thinking about the risks and possible results of your actions

Usage examples:

The accident was a result of recklessness., she had acted with extreme recklessness.

verb

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Usage examples:

He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

verb

Formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).

Usage examples:

Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the french crown

verb

To say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Gandhi renounced the use of violence.

verb

To say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house., gandhi renounced the use of violence.

noun

A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

Usage examples:

I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb

Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.

Usage examples:

A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb

Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

Usage examples:

The older boys started scrapping with me

verb

Rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water.

Usage examples:

He had to scrub the floor

noun

An act of scrubbing something or someone.

Usage examples:

Give the floor a good scrub

noun

Vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth.

Usage examples:

A desert plain dotted with scrub

verb

Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.

Usage examples:

Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun

The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.

Usage examples:

A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun

A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

Usage examples:

Strands of coloured wool

noun

The quality of being difficult to control

Usage examples:

He is a peaceful person who dislikes unruliness and disorder, and prefers calm., it was not the unr…

noun

Bad behaviour that is intentional or shows no care about bad things that might result

Usage examples:

The chairman this week condemned the bank's wantonness towards other people's money., we all felt a…

noun

The character of being uncultivated, undomesticated, or inhospitable.

Usage examples:

The wildness and beauty of the scottish hills

noun

The quality of being uncontrolled, violent, or extreme

Usage examples:

They are no longer able to claim the wildness of youth as any excuse for their behaviour., there wa…

verb

To supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food, or information

Usage examples:

Some mutual funds are currently yielding 15% on new money invested., a letter found by the fbi last…

noun

The total amount of profit or income produced from a business or investment

Usage examples:

The bond's yield fell to 6.09%., high/low yield these securities are speculative and may involve gr…