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Definition ditch

Etymology 1

From Middle English dich, from Old English d?? ‘trench, moat’, from Proto-Germanic *d?kaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk ‘dam’, Dutch dijk ‘id.’, German Teich ‘pond’), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eyg?- ‘to stick, set up’ (compare Latin f?g? ‘to affix, fasten’, Lithuanian diegti ‘to prick; plant’, dýgsti ‘to geminate, grow’). Doublet of dike.

Noun

ditch (plural ditches)

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To discard or abandon.
2. (intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
3. (intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
4. (intransitive) To dig ditches.
5. (transitive) To dig ditches around.
6. (transitive) To throw into a ditch.

Etymology 2

From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English d?can (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of deech

Noun

ditch (usually uncountable, plural ditches)

1. Alternative form of deech

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