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Ditch Definition And Meaning
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.

Ditch Definition And Meaning

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

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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