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Ditch Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Ditch?
[n] a long narrow excavation in the earth
[n] any small natural waterway [v] cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" [v] crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" [v] make an emergency landing on water [v] sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" [v] throw away (slang); "Chuck these old notes" [v] forsake; "ditch a lover" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ditch: chuck | dump | trench Related Terms | Find terms related to Ditch: abandon | abri | abysm | abyss | adit | alight | approach trench | aqueduct | arch dam | arroyo | backstop | bamboo curtain | bank | bar | barrage | barrier | bear-trap dam | beaver dam | beg | boom | box canyon | breach | break | breakwater | breastwork | brick wall | buffer | bulkhead | bulwark | bunker | bury | cache | canal | canalization | canalize | canyon | carve | cashier | cast | cast aside | cast away | cast off | cavity | chamfer | channel | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | chisel | chuck | circumvent | cleave | cleft | cleuch | clough | cofferdam | col | come down | come in | communication trench | conceal | conduit | corrugate | coulee | couloir | countermine | coupure | course | cover | crack | cranny | crash-land | crevasse | crevice | crimp | cut | cut apart | cwm | dado | dam | deep-six | defense | defile | dell | descend | dike | discard | dispose of | ditch | donga | double | double sap | downwind | draw | duct | dugout | dump | earthwork | egress | eighty-six | eliminate | elude | embankment | engrave | ensconce | entrance | entrenchment | escape | evade | excavation | exit | fault | fence | fire trench | fissure | flaw | flume | flute | flying sap | fortified tunnel | fosse | foxhole | fracture | furrow | gallery | gap | gape | gash | gate | get around | get away from | get out of | get quit of | get rid of | get shut of | give away | goffer | gorge | gouge | gravity dam | groin | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | gutter | ha-ha | hide | hole | hydraulic-fill dam | incise | incision | ingress | iron curtain | jam | jettison | jetty | jilt | joint | junk | kennel | kloof | land | leak | leaping weir | levee | level off | light | logjam | milldam | mine | moat | mole | mound | notch | nullah | occult | open | opening | overshoot | pancake | parallel | parapet | part with | pass | passage | passageway | pleat | plow | portcullis | rabbet | rampart | ravine | reject | remove | rent | rifle | rift | rime | rive | roadblock | rock-fill dam | rupture | rut | sap | scissure | score | scrap | scratch | screen | seam | seawall | secrete | settle down | shake | shake off | shuffle out of | shutter dam | skirt | slit | slit trench | slot | slough | split | stone wall | streak | striate | sunk fence | talk down | throw away | throw out | throw over | throw overboard | toss overboard | touch down | trench | trough | troughing | troughway | tunnel | upwind | valley | void | wadi | wall | way | weir | wicket dam | work | wrinkle See Also | abandon | crash | crash land | desert | desolate | dig | drainage ditch | excavate | excavation | forsake | get rid of | ha-ha | haw-haw | hole in the ground | hollow | irrigation ditch | remove | sunk fence | trench | waterway Ditch In Webster's Dictionary \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the
same word as dik. See {Dike}.]
1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a
trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing
inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or
fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat}
or a {fosse}.
2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
the earth.
\Ditch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ditched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ditching}.] 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. 2. To surround with a ditch. --Shak. 3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side. \Ditch\, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. --Swift. |
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