Ditch

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  • noun. A long narrow trench or furrow dug in the ground, as for irrigation, drainage, or a boundary line.
  • intransitive verb. To dig or make a long narrow trench or furrow in.
  • intransitive verb. To surround with a long narrow trench or furrow.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To drive (a vehicle) into a long narrow trench, as one beside a road.
  • intransitive verb. To derail (a train).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To get rid of; discard.
  • intransitive verb. To get away from (a person, especially a companion).
  • intransitive verb. To discontinue use of or association with.
  • intransitive verb. To skip (class or school).
  • intransitive verb. To crash-land (an aircraft) on water.
  • intransitive verb. To dig a ditch.
  • intransitive verb. To crash-land in water. Used of an aircraft or a pilot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A trench made by digging; particularly, a trench for draining wet land, or for making a barrier to guard inclosures, or for preventing an enemy from approaching a town or a fortress.
  • noun. Any narrow open passage for water on the surface of the ground.
  • To dig or make a ditch or ditches: as, ditching and delving; hedging and ditching.
  • To dig a ditch or ditches in; drain by a ditch: as, to ditch moist land.
  • To surround with a ditch.
  • To throw or run into or as if into a ditch: as, to ditch a railway-train.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches.
  • transitive verb. To surround with a ditch.
  • transitive verb. To throw into a ditch.
  • intransitive verb. To dig a ditch or ditches.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
  • verb. To discard or abandon.
  • verb. To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.
  • verb. To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
  • verb. To dig ditches.
  • verb. To dig ditches around.
  • verb. Alternative form of deech.
  • noun. Alternative form of deech.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any small natural waterway
  • verb. cut a trench in, as for drainage
  • verb. forsake
  • verb. sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
  • verb. make an emergency landing on water
  • noun. a long narrow excavation in the earth
  • verb. crash or crash-land
  • verb. throw away
  • Word Usage
    "Your ditch is ahead of you come November and I can't wait until you fall in."
    cross-reference
    Form
    ditched  ditching  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fitch  Ich  Mich  Mitch  Rich  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    canal  crater  creek  fence  hedge  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abandon  abandon  abri  abysm  abyss  
    variant
    fosse  moat  
    verb-form