ditch in English dictionary

  • ditch

    Meanings and definitions of "ditch"

    • A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
    • (transitive) To discard or abandon.
    • (intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.
    • (intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
    • (intransitive) To dig ditches.
    • (transitive) To dig ditches around.
    • noun
      A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
    • noun
      Alternative form of [i]deech[/i]
    • verb
      Alternative form of [i]deech[/i]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To discard or abandon.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To dig ditches.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To dig ditches around.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To throw into a ditch.
    • A long, narrow excavation artificially dug in the ground; especially an open and usually unpaved waterway, channel, or trench for conveying water for drainage or irrigation, and usually smaller than a canal. Some ditches may be natural watercourses.
    • trench
    • to abandon
    • to crash-land on the sea
    • to play hookey
    • to dig ditches
    • noun
      any small natural waterway
    • noun
      a long narrow excavation in the earth
    • verb
      crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
    • verb
      cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
    • verb
      forsake; "ditch a lover"
    • verb
      make an emergency landing on water
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      throw away; "Chuck these old notes"

    Synonyms of "ditch" in English dictionary

    desert, crash land, remove are the top synonyms of "ditch" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ditch

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza ditch; lm  liczba mnoga ditches
    • ditch ( plural  ditches)
    • ditch ( third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)
    • ditch (plural ditches)
    • ditch (usually uncountable, plural ditches)
    • ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)
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