ditch
IPA: dˈɪtʃ
noun
- A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
- (Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
- Alternative form of deech [(UK dialectal, Northern England) Dirt ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.]
verb
- (transitive) To discard or abandon.
- (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
- (transitive, intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
- (intransitive) To dig ditches.
- (transitive) To dig ditches around.
- (transitive) To throw into a ditch.
- Alternative form of deech [(transitive) To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.]
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Examples of "ditch" in Sentences
- There are many rats in the ditch.
- Ditches made the turn of the castle.
- He shoves and I light in the ditch by the road.
- The park was irrigated with water from the city ditch.
- Ditch the junk and expand upon the stuff at the bottom.
- A moat continues the line of the ditch to the south of The Slad.
- From the top of the ramparts to the bottom of the ditch is about.
- I discovered that the history of the origin of the ditch is spotty.
- He ordered the cleaning of the drainage ditches and canals of the city.
- Eventually, the crew made the hard decision to ditch the bomber in the water.
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