Ditch

Quick meaning: Ditch is a noun meaning A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

Meaning

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

More Meanings

1. (Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
2. (transitive) To discard or abandon.
3. (ambitransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
4. (ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
5. (intransitive) To dig ditches.
6. (transitive) To dig ditches around.
7. (transitive) To throw into a ditch.

Example Sentences

The truck careered off the road into a ditch.

Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.

Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.

Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.

Word Forms

• ditches
• ditching
• ditched

Synonyms for ditch

Depending on context, synonyms include abandon, discard, dump, jettison, lose, shed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trench, chuck, gutter, trenching, hole, pit.

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