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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dɪt͡ʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (trench, moat) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (dam), Dutch dijk (dam), German Teich (pond)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (to stick, set up) (compare Latin fīgō (to affix, fasten), Lithuanian diegti (to prick; plant), dýgsti (to geminate, grow)). Doublet of dike.

NounEdit

 
ditch

ditch (plural ditches)

  1. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
    Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
    The truck careered off the road into a ditch.
    • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare[1], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30:
      Ditches continued to be employed as the sole defensive measure at many sites even after wall building began to emerge. For example, an immense ditch varying between 15 and 20 meters in width and marked by depths of 2.5 to 3.8 meters has recently been discovered in Hubei near Sui-chou.
  2. (Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
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VerbEdit

ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)

  1. (transitive) To discard or abandon.
    Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
    Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
    When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
    The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
    • 2005 December 2, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Dec 2, 2005:
      "No, instead, it just had enough power to transform me, overload, and force me to wait to change back! I had to ditch school!"
  4. (intransitive) To dig ditches.
    Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
  5. (transitive) To dig ditches around.
    The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
  6. (transitive) To throw into a ditch.
    The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
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Etymology 2Edit

From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (to smear, plaster, daub). More at deech.

VerbEdit

ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)

  1. Alternative form of deech

NounEdit

ditch (usually uncountable, plural ditches)

  1. Alternative form of deech